Package org.datanucleus.store.types.converters

Class TypeConversionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.datanucleus.store.types.converters.TypeConversionHelper

public class TypeConversionHelper
extends Object

Class with methods for type conversion.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeConversionHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	convertTo(Object value, Class type)	Convert the value to a instance of the given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeConversionHelper

public TypeConversionHelper()

Method Detail

convertTo

public static Object convertTo(Object value,
                               Class type)

Convert the value to a instance of the given type. The value is converted only if the type can't be assigned from the current type of the value instance.

Parameters:

value - the value to be converted

type - the type of the expected object returned from the conversion

Returns:

the converted object, or the input value if the object can't be converted