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/** * * LibFormula : a free Java formula library * * * Project Info: http://reporting.pentaho.org/libformula/ * * (C) Copyright 2006-2007, by Pentaho Corporation and Contributors. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * in the United States and other countries.] * * * ------------ * $Id: ArrayConverter.java 3521 2007-10-16 10:55:14Z tmorgner $ * ------------ * (C) Copyright 2006-2007, by Pentaho Corporation. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.lang.reflect.Array; /** * Creation-Date: 08.10.2006, 17:37:50 * * @author Thomas Morgner */ public class ArrayConverter { private ArrayConverter() { } public static Object[] getAsList(final Object maybeArray, final Class arrayType) { if (maybeArray == null) { return null; } if (maybeArray.getClass().isArray() == false) { return new Object[] { maybeArray }; } final ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); ArrayConverter.addToList(list, maybeArray); final Object o = Array.newInstance(arrayType, list.size()); return list.toArray((Object[]) o); } private static void addToList(final List list, final Object array) { final int length = Array.getLength(array); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { final Object value = Array.get(array, i); if (value == null) { list.add(null); continue; } if (value.getClass().isArray() == false) { list.add(value); continue; } ArrayConverter.addToList(list, value); } } /** * @param maybeArray * @param dimensions * @return */ public static Object[] getArray(final Object maybeArray, final Class arrayType, final int dims) { if (maybeArray == null) { return null; } if (dims <= 0) { return null; } if (maybeArray.getClass().isArray() == false) { Object object = maybeArray; for (int i = 0; i < dims; i++) { final Object[] array = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(arrayType, 1); array[0] = object; object = array; } return (Object[]) object; } if (ArrayConverter.getDimensionCount(maybeArray.getClass()) < dims) { return null; } return (Object[]) maybeArray; } public static int getDimensionCount(Class arrayClass) { int count = 0; while (arrayClass != null && arrayClass.isArray()) { count += 1; arrayClass = arrayClass.getComponentType(); } return count; } }