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package org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.converters;
import org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.Converter;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
/**
* A Converter from a {@link java.lang.String} to any class which has a single argument
* public constructor taking a {@link java.lang.String}.
*
* This should only be used as a fall-back converter, as a last attempt.
*
* @author Paul Harvey <paul.at.pauls-place.me.uk>
*/
public final class FromStringConverter implements Converter {
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class)
*/
public T convert(Object source, Class toClass) throws Exception {
Constructor constructor = toClass.getConstructor(java.lang.String.class);
return constructor.newInstance(source);
}
}