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package com.sun.beans.decoder;
/**
* This class is intended to handle <class> element.
* This element specifies {@link Class} values.
* The result value is created from text of the body of this element.
* The body parsing is described in the class {@link StringElementHandler}.
* For example:<pre>
* <class>java.lang.Class</class></pre>
* is shortcut to<pre>
* <method name="forName" class="java.lang.Class">
* <string>java.lang.Class</string>
* </method></pre>
* which is equivalent to {@code Class.forName("java.lang.Class")} in Java code.
* <p>The following atribute is supported:
* <dl>
* <dt>id
* <dd>the identifier of the variable that is intended to store the result
* </dl>
*
* @since 1.7
*
* @author Sergey A. Malenkov
*/
final class ClassElementHandler extends StringElementHandler {
/**
* Creates class by the name from
* the text of the body of this element.
*
* @param argument the text of the body
* @return evaluated {@code Class} value
*/
@Override
public Object getValue(String argument) {
return getOwner().findClass(argument);
}
}