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/* * Copyright (c) 2009, SQL Power Group Inc. * * This file is part of SQL Power Library. * * SQL Power Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * SQL Power 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package ca.sqlpower.dao.session; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException; public class EnumConverter<T extends Enum<?>> implements BidirectionalConverter<String, T> { /** * The class type that this enum converter can convert to. */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private final Class enumType; public EnumConverter(Class<T> enumType) { this.enumType = enumType; } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public T convertToComplexType(String convertFrom) throws ConversionException { return (T) Enum.valueOf(enumType, convertFrom); } public String convertToSimpleType(T convertFrom, Object... additionalInfo) { return convertFrom.name(); } }