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/** * Copyright 2014 Instituto Superior Tcnico * * This file is part of Bennu Spring. * * Bennu Spring 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 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Bennu Spring 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 Bennu Spring. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package org.fenixedu.bennu.spring.converters; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Set; import org.fenixedu.bennu.core.domain.User; import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor; import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter; import pt.ist.fenixframework.FenixFramework; import com.google.common.base.Strings; /*** * Converts a string to a User object * * This converter will try to get the User object by using the source value as an username. * If it does not find any matches, it will try to retrieve the User object by using the source value as an externalId, otherwise * returns null. * * @author Srgio Silva (sergio.silva@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) * */ public class UserFromUsernameConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter { @Override public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { return String.class.equals(sourceType.getType()) && User.class.isAssignableFrom(targetType.getType()); } @Override public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() { return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(String.class, User.class)); } @Override public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty((String) source)) { return null; } User user = User.findByUsername((String) source); if (user != null) { return user; } // check if it is an externalId instead of username user = FenixFramework.getDomainObject((String) source); if (FenixFramework.isDomainObjectValid(user)) { return user; } return null; } }