org.evolvica.util
Class Convert

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.util.Convert

public class Convert

extends java.lang.Object

Helper for converting objects.

Since:

0.5.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:36 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

separator Separator used for array conversion.

Constructor Summary

Convert()

Method Summary

static boolean	isConvertibleFromString(java.lang.Class clazz) Checks if a converter for the given class exists.
static boolean	isConvertibleToBoolean(java.lang.Class clazz) Checks if the given class is a boolean class or type
static java.lang.Class	toClass(java.lang.String s) Converts the given string into a class object.
static java.lang.Class	toClass(java.lang.String s, java.net.URL[] classpath) Converts a given string into a class by using the given classpath.
static java.lang.String	toClassname(java.lang.Class c) Converts the given class into a string representation.
static java.lang.String	toClassname(java.lang.Object o) Returns a string representation of the class of the given object.
static java.lang.String	toDecoratedString(java.lang.Object o) Converts the object to a "pretty" string representation.
static java.lang.Object	toObject(java.lang.String s, java.lang.Class target) Converts a string to an object of the specified target class.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object o) Converts an object to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

separator

public static java.lang.String separator

Separator used for array conversion.

Constructor Detail

Convert

public Convert()

Method Detail

toString

public static final java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object o)

Converts an object to a string.

Parameters:

o - object to be converted

Returns:

string representation

toDecoratedString

public static final java.lang.String toDecoratedString(java.lang.Object o)

Converts the object to a "pretty" string representation.

Parameters:

o - object to convert

Returns:

string representation

toObject

public static final java.lang.Object toObject(java.lang.String s,
                                              java.lang.Class target)

Converts a string to an object of the specified target class.

Parameters:

s - string to be converted

target - target class

Returns:

converted string

toClassname

public static final java.lang.String toClassname(java.lang.Object o)

Returns a string representation of the class of the given object.

Parameters:

o - object of which the class should be converted to a string

Returns:

string representation

toClassname

public static final java.lang.String toClassname(java.lang.Class c)

Converts the given class into a string representation.

Parameters:

c - class to be converted

Returns:

string representation

toClass

public static final java.lang.Class toClass(java.lang.String s)

Converts the given string into a class object.

Parameters:

s - string to be converted

Returns:

class object

toClass

public static final java.lang.Class toClass(java.lang.String s,
                                            java.net.URL[] classpath)

Converts a given string into a class by using the given classpath.

Parameters:

s - string

classpath - classpath

Returns:

loaded class

isConvertibleFromString

public static final boolean isConvertibleFromString(java.lang.Class clazz)

Checks if a converter for the given class exists.

Parameters:

clazz - class

Returns:

true if a converter exists, false instead

isConvertibleToBoolean

public static final boolean isConvertibleToBoolean(java.lang.Class clazz)

Checks if the given class is a boolean class or type

Parameters:

clazz - class

Returns:

true if the given class is of type Boolean or boolean, false instead