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Simple java library for transforming an Object to another Object.

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/*
 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package net.sf.ezmorph.object;

import net.sf.ezmorph.MorphException;
import net.sf.ezmorph.ObjectMorpher;

/**
 * Morphs to a Class.

 * This morpher is a singleton.
 *
 * @author Andres Almiray 
 */
public final class ClassMorpher implements ObjectMorpher
{
   private static final ClassMorpher INSTANCE = new ClassMorpher();

   /**
    * Returns the singleton instance
    */
   public static ClassMorpher getInstance()
   {
      return INSTANCE;
   }

   private ClassMorpher()
   {
   }

   public boolean equals( Object obj )
   {
      return INSTANCE == obj;
   }

   public int hashCode()
   {
      return 42 + getClass().hashCode();
   }

   public Object morph( Object value )
   {
      if( value == null ){
         return null;
      }

      if( value instanceof Class ){
         return (Class) value;
      }

      if( "null".equals( value ) ){
         return null;
      }

      try{
         return Class.forName( value.toString() );
      }
      catch( Exception e ){
         throw new MorphException( e );
      }
   }

   public Class morphsTo()
   {
      return Class.class;
   }

   public boolean supports( Class clazz )
   {
      return true;
   }
}