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• convertFromObject()
  Convert from UI value to dataprovider value
• convertToObject()
  Converts from dataprovider value to UI value
• type (one of TEXT, INTEGER, NUMBER, DATETIME or MEDIA)
  The UI data type (so the resulting type of the convertToObject()).

Java Code Example

This is an example of a plugin that delivers a converter from joda time (which has support for time persiods) to java-util-date (which is supported by Servoy UI elements) time.
The dataprovider type will be MEDIA because Servoy does not natively support.

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See Creating plugins for an example on how to implement a plugin which provides a UI converter.

Solution model

UI converters are currently not supported by the solution model.

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