StringInterpreter (Apache Tomcat 11.0.24 API Documentation)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.jasper.compiler, interface: StringInterpreter

# Interface StringInterpreter

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `StringInterpreterEnum, StringInterpreterFactory.DefaultStringInterpreter`

public interface StringInterpreter
Defines the interface for the String interpreter. This allows users to provide custom String interpreter implementations that can optimise String processing for an application by performing code generation for a sub-set of Strings.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `convertString(Class<?> c, String s, String attrName, Class<?> propEditorClass, boolean isNamedAttribute)`
  Generates the source code that represents the conversion of the string value to the appropriate type.

- ## Method Details

  - ### convertString

    String convertString(Class<?> c, String s, String attrName, Class<?> propEditorClass, boolean isNamedAttribute)
    Generates the source code that represents the conversion of the string value to the appropriate type.
    Parameters:
      `c` - The target class to which to coerce the given string
      `s` - The string value
      `attrName` - The name of the attribute whose value is being supplied
      `propEditorClass` - The property editor for the given attribute
      `isNamedAttribute` - true if the given attribute is a named attribute (that is, specified using the jsp:attribute standard action), and false otherwise
    Returns:
      the string representing the code that will be inserted into the source code for the Servlet generated for the JSP.