io.micronaut.context.converters

Class StringToClassConverter

java.lang.Object

io.micronaut.context.converters.StringToClassConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter<CharSequence,Class>

@Singleton
public class StringToClassConverter
extends Object
implements TypeConverter<CharSequence,Class>

Converts a String to a class.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringToClassConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Optional<Class>	convert(CharSequence object, Class<Class> targetType, ConversionContext context) Converts from the given source object type to the target type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface io.micronaut.core.convert.TypeConverter

convert, of

Constructor Detail

StringToClassConverter

public StringToClassConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)

Parameters:

classLoader - The class loader

Method Detail

convert

public Optional<Class> convert(CharSequence object,
                               Class<Class> targetType,
                               ConversionContext context)

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts from the given source object type to the target type. Implementers should take care to return Optional.empty() in case the object is not convertible by catching any necessary exceptions and failing gracefully.

Specified by:

convert in interface TypeConverter<CharSequence,Class>

Parameters:

object - The object type

targetType - The target type being converted to

context - The ConversionContext

Returns:

The converted type or empty if the conversion is not possible