ConvertersApi (Grails 2.3.8)
Date: 2014-04-24

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## org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.converters.api
[Java] Class ConvertersApi

    java.lang.Object
      org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.converters.api.ConvertersApi

All Implemented Interfaces:
  org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware

    public class ConvertersApi
    extends java.lang.Object

The API for converting objects to target types such as XML.

Authors:
  Graeme Rocher

Since:
  2.0

Method Summary
`java.lang.Object` | `asType(java.lang.Object instance, java.lang.Class clazz)` Converter an instance from one format to another
`org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext` | `getApplicationContext()`
`void` | `setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext applicationContext)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
java.lang.Object#wait(long, int), java.lang.Object#wait(long), java.lang.Object#wait(), java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object), java.lang.Object#toString(), java.lang.Object#hashCode(), java.lang.Object#getClass(), java.lang.Object#notify(), java.lang.Object#notifyAll()

Method Detail

### asType

    public java.lang.Object asType(java.lang.Object instance, java.lang.Class clazz)

  Converter an instance from one format to another
  Parameters:
    `instance` - The instance
    `clazz` - The type to convert to
  Returns:
    the converted object

### getApplicationContext

    public org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()

### setApplicationContext

    public void setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext applicationContext)

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