GenericMessageConverter (Spring Framework 4.3.30.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.messaging.converter.SimpleMessageConverter
- - org.springframework.messaging.converter.GenericMessageConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:
MessageConverter
```
public class GenericMessageConverter
extends SimpleMessageConverter
```
An extension of the SimpleMessageConverter that uses a ConversionService to convert the payload of the message to the requested type.
Return null if the conversion service cannot convert from the payload type to the requested type.
Since:
4.1
Author:
Stephane Nicoll
See Also:
ConversionService

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`GenericMessageConverter()`	Create a new instance with a default `ConversionService`.
`GenericMessageConverter(ConversionService conversionService)`	Create a new instance with the given `ConversionService`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`fromMessage(Message<?> message, Class<?> targetClass)`	Convert the payload of a `Message` from a serialized form to a typed Object of the specified target class.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.messaging.converter.SimpleMessageConverter
toMessage

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

- Constructor Detail
  - GenericMessageConverter
```
public GenericMessageConverter()
```
    Create a new instance with a default ConversionService.
  - GenericMessageConverter
```
public GenericMessageConverter(ConversionService conversionService)
```
    Create a new instance with the given ConversionService.
- Method Detail
  - fromMessage
```
public Object fromMessage(Message<?> message,
                          Class<?> targetClass)
```
    Description copied from interface: MessageConverter
    Convert the payload of a Message from a serialized form to a typed Object of the specified target class. The MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE header should indicate the MIME type to convert from.
    If the converter does not support the specified media type or cannot perform the conversion, it should return null.
    Specified by:
    fromMessage in interface MessageConverter
    Overrides:
    fromMessage in class SimpleMessageConverter
    Parameters:
    message - the input message
    targetClass - the target class for the conversion
    Returns:
    the result of the conversion, or null if the converter cannot perform the conversion