org.andromda.core.common
Class Converter

java.lang.Object
  org.andromda.core.common.Converter

public class Converter
extends Object

A class used for converting simple types to other types (i.e. java.lang.String -> java.lang.Integer, etc).

Author:

Chad Brandon, Bob Fields

Constructor Summary

Converter()

Method Summary

static Object

convert(Object object, Class expectedType) Attempts to convert the object to the expectedType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter()

Method Detail

convert

public static Object convert(Object object,
                             Class expectedType)

Attempts to convert the object to the expectedType.

Parameters:

object - the object to convert.

expectedType - the type to which it should be converted.

Returns:

the converted object