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The basic runtime tools and interfaces for intarsys components.

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package de.intarsys.tools.converter;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Tool class to deal with conversion.
 * 
 */
public class ConverterTools {

	public static  List convertAll(Object source, Class clazz)
			throws ConversionException {
		List result = new ArrayList();
		if (source != null) {
			if (source instanceof Iterable) {
				for (Object element : (Iterable) source) {
					result.add(ConverterRegistry.get().convert(element, clazz));
				}
			} else if (source instanceof Object[]) {
				for (Object element : (Object[]) source) {
					result.add(ConverterRegistry.get().convert(element, clazz));
				}
			} else {
				throw new ConversionException("source is not a collection");
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

}