Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * $RCSfile: PacketParserUtils.java,v $ * $Revision: 1.1.2.1 $ * $Date: 2014/02/20 01:11:36 $ * * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software. * * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Decodes a String into an object of the specified type. If the object * type is not supported, null will be returned. * * @param type the type of the property. * @param value the encode String value to decode. * @return the String value decoded into the specified type. * @throws Exception If decoding failed due to an error. */ private static Object decode(Class type, String value) throws Exception { if (type.getName().equals("java.lang.String")) { return value; } if (type.getName().equals("boolean")) { return Boolean.valueOf(value); } if (type.getName().equals("int")) { return Integer.valueOf(value); } if (type.getName().equals("long")) { return Long.valueOf(value); } if (type.getName().equals("float")) { return Float.valueOf(value); } if (type.getName().equals("double")) { return Double.valueOf(value); } if (type.getName().equals("java.lang.Class")) { return Class.forName(value); } return null; } }