/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2002-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.data.shapefile;
/**
*
* @author Ian Schneider
* @source $URL:
* http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/trunk/gt/modules/plugin/shapefile/src/main/java/org/geotools/data/shapefile/ShapefileUtilities.java $
*/
public class ShapefileUtilities {
private ShapefileUtilities() {
}
/**
* Marshal a given Object into the given Class.
*/
public static Object forAttribute(final Object o, Class colType) {
Object object;
if (colType == Integer.class) {
object = o;
} else if ((colType == Short.class) || (colType == Byte.class)) {
object = new Integer(((Number) o).intValue());
} else if (colType == Double.class) {
object = o;
} else if (colType == Float.class) {
object = new Double(((Number) o).doubleValue());
} else if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(colType)) {
object = o;
} else if (colType == String.class) {
if (o == null) {
object = o;
} else {
object = o.toString();
}
} else if (colType == Boolean.class) {
object = o;
} else if (java.util.Date.class.isAssignableFrom(colType)) {
object = o;
} else {
if (colType != null) {
throw new RuntimeException("Cannot convert "
+ colType.getName());
} else {
throw new RuntimeException("Null Class for conversion");
}
}
return object;
}
}