Field data conversion #6
Description
Description
Provide conversion for common Java data formats to Whiteflag field format.
Rationale
Whiteflag processes all data as strings, but data might be available as Java objects (time, geolocation, etc.).
Solution
Provide conversion classes in the org.whiteflag.protocol.util package, which may be used when setting field values.
Specification
When providing field data other than a string, the library tries to convert the provided data.
Affected components
To be determined.
Alternatives
The alternative is not doing any conversion. This means that other developers have to do it themselves. That makes Whiteflag less easy to integrate and/or may result in conversion errors in other implementations.