jodd.typeconverter.impl
Class ClassConverter

java.lang.Object
  jodd.typeconverter.impl.ClassConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter<java.lang.Class>

public class ClassConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements TypeConverter<java.lang.Class>

Converts given object to Class. Conversion rules:

null value is returned as null

object of destination type is simply casted

string value of the object is trimmed and used for class loading.

Constructor Summary

ClassConverter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Class

convert(java.lang.Object value) Converts object received as parameter into object of another class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Class convert(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts object received as parameter into object of another class. For example, an Integer converter tries to convert given objects into target Integer object. Converters should try all reasonable ways of conversion into target object, depending on target type.

Specified by:

convert in interface TypeConverter<java.lang.Class>

Parameters:

value - object to convert from

Returns:

resulting object converted to target type