Here you can find the source of convertStringToPrimitive(String value, Class destinationClass)
private static Object convertStringToPrimitive(String value, Class destinationClass)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w . j av a2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Atomikos <info@atomikos.com> * * This code ("Atomikos TransactionsEssentials"), by itself, * is being distributed under the * Apache License, Version 2.0 ("License"), a copy of which may be found at * http://www.atomikos.com/licenses/apache-license-2.0.txt . * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * * While the License grants certain patent license rights, * those patent license rights only extend to the use of * Atomikos TransactionsEssentials by itself. * * This code (Atomikos TransactionsEssentials) contains certain interfaces * in package (namespace) com.atomikos.icatch * (including com.atomikos.icatch.Participant) which, if implemented, may * infringe one or more patents held by Atomikos. * It should be appreciated that you may NOT implement such interfaces; * licensing to implement these interfaces must be obtained separately from Atomikos. * * 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. */ public class Main { private static Object convertStringToPrimitive(String value, Class destinationClass) { if ((destinationClass == int.class || destinationClass == Integer.class)) { return new Integer(value); } if ((destinationClass == boolean.class || destinationClass == Boolean.class)) { return Boolean.valueOf(value); } if ((destinationClass == short.class || destinationClass == Short.class)) { return new Short(value); } if ((destinationClass == byte.class || destinationClass == Byte.class)) { return new Byte(value); } if ((destinationClass == long.class || destinationClass == Long.class)) { return new Long(value); } if ((destinationClass == float.class || destinationClass == Float.class)) { return new Float(value); } if ((destinationClass == double.class || destinationClass == Double.class)) { return new Double(value); } if ((destinationClass == char.class || destinationClass == Character.class)) { return value.charAt(0); } return null; } }