public final class

ClassConverter

extends AbstractConverter
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter
     ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ClassConverter

Class Overview

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.

Summary

Public Constructors
ClassConverter()
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.
ClassConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.
Protected Methods
String convertToString(Object value)

Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.

Object convertToType(Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.

Class getDefaultType()
Return the default type this Converter handles.
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Inherited Methods
From class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

Public Constructors

public ClassConverter ()

Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.

public ClassConverter (Object defaultValue)

Construct a java.lang.Class Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.

Parameters
defaultValue The default value to be returned if the value to be converted is missing or an error occurs converting the value.

Protected Methods

protected String convertToString (Object value)

Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.

Parameters
value The input value to be converted
Returns
  • the converted String value.

protected Object convertToType (Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.lang.Class.

Parameters
type Data type to which this value should be converted.
value The input value to be converted.
Returns
  • The converted value.
Throws
Throwable if an error occurs converting to the specified type

protected Class getDefaultType ()

Return the default type this Converter handles.

Returns
  • The default type this Converter handles.