org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters

Class ClassConverter

Implemented Interfaces:
Converter

public final class ClassConverter
extends AbstractConverter

Converter implementaion that handles conversion to and from java.lang.Class objects.

The class will be loaded from the thread context class loader (if it exists); otherwise the class loader that loaded this class will be used.

Can be configured to either return a default value or throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

Version:
$Revision: 555845 $ $Date: 2007-07-13 03:52:05 +0100 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
Author:
Tomas Viberg
Since:
1.4

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter

DEFAULT_CONFIG_MSG, PACKAGE, defaultType, defaultValue, log, useDefault

Constructor Summary

ClassConverter()
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.
ClassConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.

Method Summary

protected String
convertToString(Object value)
Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.
protected Object
convertToType(Class type, Object value)
Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter

convert, convertArray, convertToString, convertToType, getDefault, getDefaultType, handleError, handleMissing, isUseDefault, log, primitive, setDefaultValue, toString, toString

Constructor Details

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter()
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.
Parameters:
defaultValue - The default value to be returned if the value to be converted is missing or an error occurs converting the value.

Method Details

convertToString

protected String convertToString(Object value)
Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.
Overrides:
convertToString in interface AbstractConverter
Parameters:
value - The input value to be converted
Returns:
the converted String value.

convertToType

protected Object convertToType(Class type,
                               Object value)
            throws Throwable
Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.
Overrides:
convertToType in interface AbstractConverter
Parameters:
type - Data type to which this value should be converted.
value - The input value to be converted.
Returns:
The converted value.

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