org.jboss.util.coerce
Class ClassHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.util.coerce.CoercionHandler
      org.jboss.util.coerce.BoundCoercionHandler
          org.jboss.util.coerce.ClassHandler

public class ClassHandler
extends BoundCoercionHandler

A java.lang.Class coercion handler.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.28.1 $

Author:

Jason Dillon

Constructor Summary

ClassHandler()

Method Summary

Object	coerce(Object value, Class type) Coerces the given value into the given type (which should be Class).
Object	coerce(String value) Coerces the given String into a Class by doing a Class.forName().
Class	getType() Get the target class type for this CoercionHandler.

Methods inherited from class org.jboss.util.coerce.CoercionHandler

create, install, install, isInstalled, lookup, uninstall

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassHandler

public ClassHandler()

Method Detail

getType

public Class getType()

Get the target class type for this CoercionHandler.

Specified by:

getType in class BoundCoercionHandler

Returns:

Class type.

coerce

public Object coerce(Object value,
                     Class type)
              throws CoercionException

Coerces the given value into the given type (which should be Class).

This currently only support coercion from a String.

Specified by:

coerce in class CoercionHandler

Parameters:

value - Value to coerce.

type - java.lang.Class.

Returns:

Value coerced into a Class.

Throws:

CoercionException - Failed to coerce.

coerce

public Object coerce(String value)

Coerces the given String into a Class by doing a Class.forName().

Parameters:

value - String value to convert to a Class.

Returns:

Class value.

Throws:

NotCoercibleException - Class not found.