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/* * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2013-, Robert Sandell-sandell.robert@gmail.com. All rights reserved. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package net.joinedminds.masserr.util; import com.google.common.reflect.Reflection; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter; import org.kohsuke.stapler.ReflectionUtils; import java.lang.reflect.Constructor; import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; /** * Description * * @author Robert Sandell <sandell.robert@gmail.com> */ public class IdentifiableBeanConverter implements Converter { @Override public Object convert(Class type, Object value) { if (type.isAssignableFrom(value.getClass())) { return value; } Constructor constructor; try { try { constructor = type.getConstructor(value.getClass()); return constructor.newInstance(value); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { try { constructor = type.getConstructor(String.class); return constructor.newInstance(value.toString()); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e1) { throw new ConversionException("Could not find single parameter constructor.", e1); } } } catch (Exception e) { throw new ConversionException("Could not construct " + type.getName(), e); } } }