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/** * This file Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Magnolia International * Ltd. (http://www.magnolia-cms.com). All rights reserved. * * * This file is dual-licensed under both the Magnolia * Network Agreement and the GNU General Public License. * You may elect to use one or the other of these licenses. * * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be * useful, but AS-IS and WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, or NONINFRINGEMENT. * Redistribution, except as permitted by whichever of the GPL * or MNA you select, is prohibited. * * 1. For the GPL license (GPL), you can redistribute and/or * modify this file under the terms of the GNU General * Public License, Version 3, as published by the Free Software * Foundation. You should have received a copy of the GNU * General Public License, Version 3 along with this program; * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 * Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * 2. For the Magnolia Network Agreement (MNA), this file * and the accompanying materials are made available under the * terms of the MNA which accompanies this distribution, and * is available at http://www.magnolia-cms.com/mna.html * * Any modifications to this file must keep this entire header * intact. * */ package info.magnolia.content2bean.impl; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConvertUtilsBean; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter; /** * A custom implementation of ConvertUtilsBean which can deal with Enum feature introduced in Java 5. * * @author gjoseph * @version $Id: $ */ class EnumAwareConvertUtilsBean extends ConvertUtilsBean { private final EnumConverter enumConverter = new EnumConverter(); @Override public Converter lookup(Class clazz) { final Converter converter = super.lookup(clazz); // no specific converter for this class, so it's neither a String, (which has a default converter), // nor any known object that has a custom converter for it. It might be an enum ! if (converter == null && clazz.isEnum()) { return enumConverter; } return converter; } private class EnumConverter implements Converter { @Override public Object convert(Class type, Object value) { return Enum.valueOf(type, (String) value); } } }