net.sf.seaf.util.convert.simple
Class ConverterToEnum

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.seaf.util.convert.simple.ConverterToEnum

public class ConverterToEnum
extends Object

Converter of any Object to Enum.

Constructor Summary

ConverterToEnum()

Method Summary

static <E extends Enum<E>> E

convert(Object o, Class<E> enumClass) Converts an Object to enum value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConverterToEnum

public ConverterToEnum()

Method Detail

convert

public static <E extends Enum<E>> E convert(Object o,
                                            Class<E> enumClass)
                                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Converts an Object to enum value.

Keeps null as null. Keeps enum value as passed in. Otherwise converts via String to an enum value of the given enum class.

Parameters:

o - Object to be converted

enumClass - Target enum class

Returns:

Enum value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown when the object cannot be converted to an instance of the enumeration provided