public class

BeanUtilsBean2

extends BeanUtilsBean
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtilsBean
     ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtilsBean2

Class Overview

BeanUtilsBean implementation that creates a ConvertUtilsBean2 and delegates conversion to convert(Object, Class).

To configure this implementation for the current context ClassLoader invoke BeanUtilsBean.setInstance(new BeanUtilsBean2());

BeanUtils 1.7.0 delegated all conversion to String to the converter registered for the String.class. One of the improvements in BeanUtils 1.8.0 was to upgrade the 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).

In order to take advantage of these improvements BeanUtils needs to change how it gets the appropriate Converter. This functionality has been implemented in the new lookup(Class, Class) and convert(Object, Class) methods. However changing BeanUtilsBean to use these methods could create compatibility issues for existing users. In order to avoid that, this new BeanUtilsBean implementation has been created (and the associated ConvertUtilsBean2).

Summary

Public Constructors
BeanUtilsBean2()

Constructs an instance using new property and conversion instances.

Protected Methods
Object convert(Object value, Class type)

Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if possible).

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Inherited Methods
From class org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtilsBean
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public BeanUtilsBean2 ()

Constructs an instance using new property and conversion instances.

Protected Methods

protected Object convert (Object value, Class type)

Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if possible).

Parameters
value Value to be converted (may be null)
type Class of the value to be converted to
Returns
  • The converted value