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package org.apache.commons.beanutils;
/**
* <p>{@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation that creates a
* {@link ConvertUtilsBean2} and delegates conversion to
* {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)}.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* To configure this implementation for the current context ClassLoader invoke
* <code>BeanUtilsBean.setInstance(new BeanUtilsBean2());</code>
* </p>
*
* <p>
* BeanUtils 1.7.0 delegated all conversion to String to the converter
* registered for the <code>String.class</code>. One of the improvements in
* BeanUtils 1.8.0 was to upgrade the {@link Converter} implementations so
* that they could handle conversion to String for their type (e.g.
* IntegerConverter now handles conversion from an Integer to a String as
* well as String to Integer).
* </p>
*
* <p>
* In order to take advantage of these improvements BeanUtils needs to change
* how it gets the appropriate {@link Converter}. This functionality has been
* implemented in the new {@link ConvertUtilsBean#lookup(Class, Class)} and
* {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)} methods. However changing
* {@link BeanUtilsBean} to use these methods could create compatibility
* issues for existing users. In order to avoid that, this new
* {@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation has been created (and the associated
* {@link ConvertUtilsBean2}).
* </p>
*
* @see ConvertUtilsBean2
* @version $Revision: 552381 $ $Date: 2007-07-02 03:00:17 +0100 (Mon, 02 Jul 2007) $
* @since 1.8.0
*/
public class BeanUtilsBean2 extends BeanUtilsBean {
/**
* <p>Constructs an instance using new property
* and conversion instances.</p>
*/
public BeanUtilsBean2() {
super(new ConvertUtilsBean2());
}
/**
* <p>Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if
* possible).</p>
*
* @param value Value to be converted (may be null)
* @param type Class of the value to be converted to
* @return The converted value
*/
protected Object convert(Object value, Class type) {
return getConvertUtils().convert(value, type);
}
}