org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters

Class ClassConverter

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.

Since: 1.4

Version: $Revision: 690380 $ $Date: 2008-08-29 21:04:38 +0100 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008) $

Author: Tomas Viberg

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 StringconvertToString(Object value)

Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.

protected ObjectconvertToType(Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.

protected ClassgetDefaultType()
Return the default type this Converter handles.

Constructor Detail

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 Detail

convertToString

protected String convertToString(Object value)

Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.

Parameters: value The input value to be converted

Returns: the converted String value.

Since: 1.8.0

convertToType

protected Object convertToType(Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.

Parameters: type Data type to which this value should be converted. value The input value to be converted.

Returns: The converted value.

Throws: Throwable if an error occurs converting to the specified type

Since: 1.8.0

getDefaultType

protected Class getDefaultType()
Return the default type this Converter handles.

Returns: The default type this Converter handles.

Since: 1.8.0

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