ParameterType (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeFactory.PType, FileParameterType
```
public interface ParameterType<T>
```
Type info combined with parameter related methods.

Author:

Nick Collier

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`StringConverter<T>`	`getConverter()`	Gets a StringConverter that can be used to convert objects of this ParameterType to and from strings.
`Class<T>`	`getJavaClass()`	Gets the Java class associated with this type.
`T`	`getValue(String val)`	Gets an initial or default value for a parameter of this type from the string.

- Method Detail
  - getJavaClass
```
Class<T> getJavaClass()
```
    Gets the Java class associated with this type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Java class associated with this type.
  - getValue
```
T getValue(String val)
    throws ParameterFormatException
```
    Gets an initial or default value for a parameter of this type from the string. If the string is space separated list of values the first value will be used.
    
    Parameters:
    
    val - a string representation of default value
    
    Returns:
    
    the default value of the string.
    
    Throws:
    
    ParameterFormatException - if string cannot be converted into an object of the appropriate type
  - getConverter
```
StringConverter<T> getConverter()
```
    Gets a StringConverter that can be used to convert objects of this ParameterType to and from strings.
    
    Returns:
    
    a StringConverter for objects of this parameter type.