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/** * Copyright 2014 David L. Whitehurst * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); You may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a * copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, * either express or implied. See the License for the specific * language governing permissions and limitations under the * License. * */ package org.musicrecital.util; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import org.musicrecital.model.LabelValue; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Properties; import java.util.ResourceBundle; /** * Utility class to convert one object to another. * * @author <a href="mailto:matt@raibledesigns.com">Matt Raible</a> */ public final class ConvertUtil { private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ConvertUtil.class); /** * Checkstyle rule: utility classes should not have public constructor */ private ConvertUtil() { } /** * Method to convert a ResourceBundle to a Map object. * * @param rb a given resource bundle * @return Map a populated map */ public static Map<String, String> convertBundleToMap(ResourceBundle rb) { Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>(); Enumeration<String> keys = rb.getKeys(); while (keys.hasMoreElements()) { String key = keys.nextElement(); map.put(key, rb.getString(key)); } return map; } /** * Convert a java.util.List of LabelValue objects to a LinkedHashMap. * * @param list the list to convert * @return the populated map with the label as the key */ public static Map<String, String> convertListToMap(List<LabelValue> list) { Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>(); for (LabelValue option : list) { map.put(option.getLabel(), option.getValue()); } return map; } /** * Method to convert a ResourceBundle to a Properties object. * * @param rb a given resource bundle * @return Properties a populated properties object */ public static Properties convertBundleToProperties(ResourceBundle rb) { Properties props = new Properties(); for (Enumeration<String> keys = rb.getKeys(); keys.hasMoreElements();) { String key = keys.nextElement(); props.put(key, rb.getString(key)); } return props; } /** * Convenience method used by tests to populate an object from a * ResourceBundle * * @param obj an initialized object * @param rb a resource bundle * @return a populated object */ public static Object populateObject(Object obj, ResourceBundle rb) { try { Map<String, String> map = convertBundleToMap(rb); BeanUtils.copyProperties(obj, map); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); log.error("Exception occurred populating object: " + e.getMessage()); } return obj; } }