01: /*
02: * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16: package org.apache.commons.jxpath.util;
17:
18: /**
19: * Global type conversion utilities.
20: *
21: * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
22: * @version $Revision: 1.13 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:43 $
23: */
24: public class TypeUtils {
25: private static TypeConverter typeConverter = new BasicTypeConverter();
26:
27: /**
28: * Install an alternative type converter.
29: */
30: public static synchronized void setTypeConverter(
31: TypeConverter converter) {
32: typeConverter = converter;
33: }
34:
35: /**
36: * Returns the current type converter.
37: */
38: public static TypeConverter getTypeConverter() {
39: return typeConverter;
40: }
41:
42: /**
43: * Returns true if the global converter can convert the supplied
44: * object to the specified type.
45: */
46: public static boolean canConvert(Object object, Class toType) {
47: return typeConverter.canConvert(object, toType);
48: }
49:
50: /**
51: * Converts the supplied object to the specified type. May
52: * throw a RuntimeException.
53: */
54: public static Object convert(Object object, Class toType) {
55: return typeConverter.convert(object, toType);
56: }
57: }
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