    1   /*
    2    * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
    3    *
    4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    7    *
    8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    9    *
    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(TypeConverter converter) {
    31          typeConverter = converter;
    32      }
    33
    34      /***
    35       * Returns the current type converter.
    36       */
    37      public static TypeConverter getTypeConverter() {
    38          return typeConverter;
    39      }
    40
    41      /***
    42       * Returns true if the global converter can convert the supplied
    43       * object to the specified type.
    44       */
    45      public static boolean canConvert(Object object, Class toType) {
    46          return typeConverter.canConvert(object, toType);
    47      }
    48
    49      /***
    50       * Converts the supplied object to the specified type. May
    51       * throw a RuntimeException.
    52       */
    53      public static Object convert(Object object, Class toType) {
    54          return typeConverter.convert(object, toType);
    55      }
    56  }