GroupConversionHelper (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated.GroupConversionHelper

```
public class GroupConversionHelper
extends Object
```
Provides group conversion functionality to Cascadables.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Set<GroupConversionDescriptor>`	`asDescriptors()`	Returns a set with `GroupConversionDescriptor`s representing the underlying group conversions.
`Class<?>`	`convertGroup(Class<?> from)`	Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g.
`static GroupConversionHelper`	`of(Map<Class<?>,Class<?>> groupConversions)`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - of
```
public static GroupConversionHelper of(Map<Class<?>,Class<?>> groupConversions)
```
  - convertGroup
```
public Class<?> convertGroup(Class<?> from)
```
    Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g. specified via @ConvertGroup.
    
    Parameters:
    
    from - The group to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    The converted group. Will be the original group itself in case no conversion is to be performed.
  - asDescriptors
```
public Set<GroupConversionDescriptor> asDescriptors()
```
    Returns a set with GroupConversionDescriptors representing the underlying group conversions.
    
    Returns:
    
    A set with group conversion descriptors. May be empty, but never null.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object