ObjectConverter.java

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package org.apache.sling.fsprovider.internal.mapper.valuemap;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This is copied from org.apache.sling.api.wrappers.impl.ObjectConverter
 * to avoid dependency to latest Sling API.
 * This can be removed when Sling API 2.17.0 or higher is referenced.
 */
final class ObjectConverter {
    
    private ObjectConverter() {
        // static methods only
    }

    /**
     * Converts the object to the given type.
     * @param obj object
     * @param type type
     * @return the converted object
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T convert(Object obj, Class<T> type) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return null;
        }
        
        // check if direct assignment is possible
        if (type.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass())) {
            return (T)obj;
        }
        
        // convert array elements individually
        if (type.isArray()) {
            return (T)convertToArray(obj, type.getComponentType());
        }
        
        // convert Calendar in Date and vice versa
        if (Calendar.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && obj instanceof Date) {
            return (T)DateUtils.toCalendar((Date)obj);
        }
        if (type == Date.class && obj instanceof Calendar) {
            return (T)DateUtils.toDate((Calendar)obj);
        }

        // no direct conversion - format to string and try to parse to target type 
        String result = getSingleValue(obj);
        if (result == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (type == String.class) {
            return (T)result.toString();
        }
        if (type == Boolean.class) {
            // do not rely on Boolean.parseBoolean to avoid converting nonsense to "false" without noticing
            if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(result)) {
                return (T)Boolean.TRUE;
            }
            else if ("false".equalsIgnoreCase(result)) {
                return (T)Boolean.FALSE;
            }
            else {
                return null;
            }
        }
        try {
            if (type == Byte.class) {
                return (T)(Byte)Byte.parseByte(result);
            }
            if (type == Short.class) {
                return (T)(Short)Short.parseShort(result);
            }
            if (type == Integer.class) {
                return (T)(Integer)Integer.parseInt(result);
            }
            if (type == Long.class) {
                return (T)(Long)Long.parseLong(result);
            }
            if (type == Float.class) {
                return (T)(Float)Float.parseFloat(result);
            }
            if (type == Double.class) {
                return (T)(Double)Double.parseDouble(result);
            }
            if (type == BigDecimal.class) {
                return (T)new BigDecimal(result);
            }
        }
        catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return null;
        }
        if (Calendar.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
            return (T)DateUtils.calendarFromString(result);
        }
        if (type == Date.class) {
            return (T)DateUtils.dateFromString(result);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Gets a single value of String from the object. If the object is an array it returns it's first element.
     * @param obj object or object array.
     * @return result of <code>toString()</code> on object or first element of an object array. If @param obj is null
     * or it's an array with first element that is null, then null is returned.
     */
    private static String getSingleValue(Object obj) {
        final String result;
        if (obj == null) {
            result = null;
        }
        else if (obj.getClass().isArray()) {
            if (Array.getLength(obj) == 0) {
                result = null;
            }
            else {
                result = getSingleValue(Array.get(obj, 0));
            }
        }
        else if (obj instanceof Calendar) {
            result = DateUtils.calendarToString((Calendar)obj);
        }
        else if (obj instanceof Date) {
            result = DateUtils.dateToString((Date)obj);
        }
        else {
            result = obj.toString();
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the object to an array of the given type
     * @param obj the object or object array
     * @param type the component type of the array
     * @return and array of type T
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <T> T[] convertToArray(Object obj, Class<T> type) {
        if (obj.getClass().isArray()) {
            List<Object> resultList = new ArrayList<Object>();
            for (int i = 0; i < Array.getLength(obj); i++) {
                T singleValueResult = convert(Array.get(obj, i), type);
                if (singleValueResult != null) {
                    resultList.add(singleValueResult);
                }
            }
            return resultList.toArray((T[])Array.newInstance(type, resultList.size()));
        }
        else {
            final T singleValueResult = convert(obj, type);
            // return null for type conversion errors instead of single element array with value null
            if (singleValueResult == null) {
                return (T[])Array.newInstance(type, 0);
            }
            final T[] arrayResult = (T[])Array.newInstance(type, 1);
            arrayResult[0] = singleValueResult;
            return arrayResult;
        }
    }
    
}