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.
Constructor and Description |
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ClassConverter()
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that throws
a
ConversionException if an error occurs. |
ClassConverter(java.lang.Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that returns
a default value if an error occurs.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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protected java.lang.String |
convertToString(java.lang.Object value)
Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.
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protected <T> T |
convertToType(java.lang.Class<T> type,
java.lang.Object value)
Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.
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protected java.lang.Class<?> |
getDefaultType()
Return the default type this
Converter handles. |
conversionException, convert, convertArray, getDefault, handleError, handleMissing, isUseDefault, log, setDefaultValue, toString, toString
public ClassConverter()
ConversionException
if an error occurs.public ClassConverter(java.lang.Object defaultValue)
defaultValue
- The default value to be returned
if the value to be converted is missing or an error
occurs converting the value.protected java.lang.Class<?> getDefaultType()
Converter
handles.getDefaultType
in class AbstractConverter
Converter
handles.protected java.lang.String convertToString(java.lang.Object value)
Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.
convertToString
in class AbstractConverter
value
- The input value to be convertedprotected <T> T convertToType(java.lang.Class<T> type, java.lang.Object value) throws java.lang.Throwable
Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.
convertToType
in class AbstractConverter
T
- Target type of the conversion.type
- Data type to which this value should be converted.value
- The input value to be converted.java.lang.Throwable
- if an error occurs converting to the specified typeCopyright (c) 2000-2008 - Apache Software Foundation