/*
* Copyright (c) 2010, SQL Power Group Inc.
*
* This file is part of SQL Power Library.
*
* SQL Power Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* SQL Power Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package ca.sqlpower.dao.session;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
/**
* Converts classes to their fully qualified name and back. If there is more
* than one class with the same name that is passed through this converter the
* wrong class may be selected.
*/
public class ClassConverter implements BidirectionalConverter<String, Class<?>> {
public Class<?> convertToComplexType(String convertFrom)
throws ConversionException {
try {
return getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(convertFrom);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
throw new ConversionException(e);
}
}
public String convertToSimpleType(Class<?> convertFrom,
Object... additionalInfo) {
return convertFrom.getName();
}
}