Converting

All Superinterfaces:

Specifying<Converting>
```
@ProviderType
public interface Converting
extends Specifying<Converting>
```
This interface is used to specify the target that an object should be converted to. A Converting instance can be obtained via the Converter.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`to(java.lang.Class<T> cls)`	Specify the target object type for the conversion as a class object.
`<T> T`	`to(java.lang.reflect.Type type)`	Specify the target object type as a Java Reflection Type object.
`<T> T`	`to(TypeReference<T> ref)`	Specify the target object type as a `TypeReference`.

Methods inherited from interface org.osgi.util.converter.Specifying
defaultValue, keysIgnoreCase, sourceAs, sourceAsBean, sourceAsDTO, targetAs, targetAsBean, targetAsDTO, view

- Method Detail
  - to
```
<T> T to(java.lang.Class<T> cls)
```
    Specify the target object type for the conversion as a class object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - The class to convert to.
    
    Returns:
    
    The converted object.
  - to
```
<T> T to(java.lang.reflect.Type type)
```
    Specify the target object type as a Java Reflection Type object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - A Type object to represent the target type to be converted to.
    
    Returns:
    
    The converted object.
  - to
```
<T> T to(TypeReference<T> ref)
```
    Specify the target object type as a TypeReference. If the target class carries generics information a TypeReference should be used as this preserves the generic information whereas a Class object has this information erased. Example use:
    List<String> result = converter.convert(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3)) .to(new TypeReference<List<String>>() {});
    Parameters:
    
    ref - A type reference to the object being converted to.
    
    Returns:
    
    The converted object.