/* * Copyright 2004-2012 the original author or authors. * * 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.springframework.binding.convert.converters; import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils; /** * Converts a textual representation of a class object to a <code>Class</code> instance. * * @author Keith Donald */ public class StringToClass extends StringToObject { private ClassLoader classLoader; public StringToClass(ClassLoader classLoader) { super(Class.class); this.classLoader = classLoader; } public Object toObject(String string, Class<?> objectClass) throws Exception { return ClassUtils.forName(string, classLoader); } public String toString(Object object) throws Exception { Class<?> clazz = (Class<?>) object; return clazz.getName(); } }