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package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
/**
* Standard {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter} implementation that converts an incoming
* String into an array of String objects. On a conversion failure, returns
* a specified default value or throws a {@link ConversionException} depending
* on how this instance is constructed.
*
* There is also some special handling where the input is of type int[].
* See method convert for more details.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
* @version $Revision: 556229 $ $Date: 2007-07-14 02:11:19 -0400 (Sat, 14 Jul 2007) $
* @since 1.4
* @deprecated Replaced by the new {@link ArrayConverter} implementation
*/
public final class StringArrayConverter extends AbstractArrayConverter {
// ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
/**
* Create a {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter} that will throw
* a {@link ConversionException} if a conversion error occurs.
*/
public StringArrayConverter() {
this.defaultValue = null;
this.useDefault = false;
}
/**
* Create a {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter} that will return
* the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.
*
* @param defaultValue The default value to be returned
*/
public StringArrayConverter(Object defaultValue) {
this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
this.useDefault = true;
}
// ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables
/**
*
Model object for type comparisons.
*/
private static final String[] MODEL = new String[0];
/**
* Model object for int arrays.
*/
private static final int[] INT_MODEL = new int[0];
// --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
/**
* Convert the specified input object into an output object of the
* specified type.
*
* If the value is already of type String[] then it is simply returned
* unaltered.
*
* If the value is of type int[], then a String[] is returned where each
* element in the string array is the result of calling Integer.toString
* on the corresponding element of the int array. This was added as a
* result of bugzilla request #18297 though there is not complete
* agreement that this feature should have been added.
*
* In all other cases, this method calls toString on the input object, then
* assumes the result is a comma-separated list of values. The values are
* split apart into the individual items and returned as the elements of an
* array. See class AbstractArrayConverter for the exact input formats
* supported.
*
* @param type is the data type to which this value should be converted.
* It is expected to be the class for type String[] (though this parameter
* is actually ignored by this method).
*
* @param value is the input value to be converted. If null then the
* default value is returned or an exception thrown if no default value
* exists.
* @return the converted value
*
* @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
* successfully, or the input is null and there is no default value set
* for this object.
*/
public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {
// Deal with a null value
if (value == null) {
if (useDefault) {
return (defaultValue);
} else {
throw new ConversionException("No value specified");
}
}
// Deal with the no-conversion-needed case
if (MODEL.getClass() == value.getClass()) {
return (value);
}
// Deal with the input value as an int array
if (INT_MODEL.getClass() == value.getClass())
{
int[] values = (int[]) value;
String[] results = new String[values.length];
for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
{
results[i] = Integer.toString(values[i]);
}
return (results);
}
// Parse the input value as a String into elements
// and convert to the appropriate type
try {
List list = parseElements(value.toString());
String[] results = new String[list.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
results[i] = (String) list.get(i);
}
return (results);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (useDefault) {
return (defaultValue);
} else {
throw new ConversionException(value.toString(), e);
}
}
}
}