com.aragost.util
Class Convert

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.aragost.util.Convert

public abstract class Convert

extends java.lang.Object

A utility class used to convert Objects to Strings, and Strings to Objects.

Constructor Summary

Convert()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.String value, java.lang.Class type) Convert a String to an Object of the specified class.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object obj) Convert an object to a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Convert

public Convert()

Method Detail

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)

Convert an object to a String. The PropertyEditor is used to do the conversion, if no PropertyEditor is found the conversion is done with the toString() method.

Parameters:

obj - The Object to convert

Returns:

The String representation of the specified Object

convert

public static java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.String value,
                                       java.lang.Class type)

Convert a String to an Object of the specified class. The conversion is done with the PropertyEditor of the specified class. If no PropertyEditor is found, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown. If the PropertyEditor is not able to convert the String a ConversionException is thrown. If the specified type is a wrapper class for a primitive type, the PropertyEditor for the primitive type is used. If the specified String is null, the null is retuned.

Parameters:

value - The String to convert

type - The Class to convert the specified String to

Returns:

The value of the conversion