Java String Value Of valueOf(final Class type, final String value)

Description

Convert a string value to a boxed primitive type.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
type	the boxed primitive type
value	the string value

Return

a boxed primitive type

Declaration

public static Object valueOf(final Class<?> type, final String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w.  j av a2  s  .c  om*/
     * Convert a string value to a boxed primitive type.
     *
     * @param type the boxed primitive type
     * @param value the string value
     * @return a boxed primitive type
     */
    public static Object valueOf(final Class<?> type, final String value) {
        if (type == String.class) {
            return value;
        }
        if (type == boolean.class) {
            return Boolean.valueOf(value);
        }
        if (type == int.class) {
            return Integer.valueOf(value);
        }
        if (type == long.class) {
            return Long.valueOf(value);
        }
        if (type == float.class) {
            return Float.valueOf(value);
        }
        if (type == double.class) {
            return Double.valueOf(value);
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported type " + type.getName());
    }
}

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