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| 1.0;1 |
1 | /* | |
2 | * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
7 | * | |
8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
9 | * | |
10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
14 | * limitations under the License. | |
15 | */ | |
16 | package org.apache.commons.convert; | |
17 | ||
18 | /** | |
19 | * Simple public API for the conversion system consisting of static methods. | |
20 | * <p> | |
21 | * The methods on this class access the default range of converters. If you wish | |
22 | * to add to the default set of converters you cannot use this class. Instead, | |
23 | * you must create an instance of <code>Converter</code> and add the converters | |
24 | * there. | |
25 | * | |
26 | * @author Stephen Colebourne | |
27 | * @version $Id: ConvertUtils.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $ | |
28 | * @since 1.0 | |
29 | */ | |
30 | public class ConvertUtils { | |
31 | ||
32 | /** The default Converter, private to prevent subclasses altering the default */ | |
33 | 0 | private static final Converter DEFAULT = new Converter(true); |
34 | ||
35 | /** | |
36 | * Restricted constructor. | |
37 | * The main access to this class is via static methods, and it is not intended | |
38 | * to be subclassed. | |
39 | */ | |
40 | protected ConvertUtils() { | |
41 | 0 | super(); |
42 | 0 | } |
43 | ||
44 | //----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
45 | /** | |
46 | * Convert the specified input object into an output object | |
47 | * of the another type. | |
48 | * | |
49 | * @param value the input value to be converted | |
50 | * @param fromClass the class to convert from, useful if null passed in | |
51 | * @param toClass the class to convert to | |
52 | * @return the converted value | |
53 | * @throws ConversionException (runtime) if conversion fails | |
54 | */ | |
55 | public static Object convert(Object value, Class fromClass, Class toClass) { | |
56 | 0 | return DEFAULT.convert(value, fromClass, toClass); |
57 | } | |
58 | ||
59 | /** | |
60 | * Convert the specified input object into an output object | |
61 | * of the another type. | |
62 | * | |
63 | * @param value the input value to be converted | |
64 | * @param toClass the class to convert to | |
65 | * @return the converted value | |
66 | * @throws ConversionException (runtime) if conversion fails | |
67 | */ | |
68 | public static Object convert(Object value, Class toClass) { | |
69 | 0 | return DEFAULT.convert(value, toClass); |
70 | } | |
71 | ||
72 | /** | |
73 | * Convert the specified input object into a <code>String</code>. | |
74 | * | |
75 | * @param value the input value to be converted | |
76 | * @param fromClass the class to convert from, useful if null passed in | |
77 | * @return the converted value | |
78 | * @throws ConversionException (runtime) if conversion fails | |
79 | */ | |
80 | public static String convertToString(Object value, Class fromClass) { | |
81 | 0 | return DEFAULT.convertToString(value, fromClass); |
82 | } | |
83 | ||
84 | /** | |
85 | * Convert the specified input object into a <code>String</code>. | |
86 | * | |
87 | * @param value the input value to be converted | |
88 | * @return the converted value | |
89 | * @throws ConversionException (runtime) if conversion fails | |
90 | */ | |
91 | public static String convertToString(Object value) { | |
92 | 0 | return DEFAULT.convertToString(value); |
93 | } | |
94 | ||
95 | } |