Package org.openxava.util

Class Primitives

java.lang.Object

org.openxava.util.Primitives

public class Primitives
extends Object

Utilities to work with Java primitive data.

Primitive types are boolean, byte, char, short, int, long, float and double.

Author:

Javier Paniza

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Primitives()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class	classForName(String type)	Class for name, but supporting primitive types and arrays of primitive types.
static Class	toPrimitiveClass(Class origin)	Primitive class corresponding to class of wrapper class sent.
static Class	toWrapperClass(Class origin)	Wrapper class corresponding to class of primitive sent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Primitives

public Primitives()

Method Details

toWrapperClass

public static Class toWrapperClass(Class origin)

Wrapper class corresponding to class of primitive sent.

That is, if it receive a int.class then returns a Integer.class.

If receives a class of a no primitive class then returns the same class.
If receives null returns null.

classForName

public static Class classForName(String type)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Class for name, but supporting primitive types and arrays of primitive types.

If receives null returns null.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

toPrimitiveClass

public static Class toPrimitiveClass(Class origin)

Primitive class corresponding to class of wrapper class sent.

That is, if it receive a Integer.class then returns a int.class.

If receives a class of a no primitive wrapper class then returns the same class.
If receives null returns null.