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1   /*
2    * Copyright (c) 2005, Henri Yandell
3    * All rights reserved.
4    * 
5    * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or 
6    * without modification, are permitted provided that the 
7    * following conditions are met:
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32  
33  package org.osjava.sj.loader.convert;
34  
35  import java.util.Properties;
36  
37  import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
38  import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
39  
40  /***
41   * Convert a text value to any object whose constructor 
42   * takes a single String object. 
43   *
44   * For example, to get an Integer object for the lookup key 
45   * <i>com.example.Foo</i> you would have a com/example.properties 
46   * file containing the following three lines. 
47   *
48   * <pre>
49   * Foo=42
50   * Foo.type=java.lang.Integer
51   * Foo.converter=org.osjava.sj.loader.convert.Constructor
52   * </pre>
53   */
54  public class ConstructorConverter implements Converter {
55  
56      public Object convert(Properties properties, String type) {
57          String value = properties.getProperty("");
58  
59          if(value == null) {
60              throw new RuntimeException("Missing value");
61          }
62  
63          try {
64              Class c = Class.forName(type);
65              Constructor con = c.getConstructor( new Class[] { String.class } );
66              return con.newInstance( new Object[] { value } );
67          } catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
68              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find class: "+type, cnfe);
69          } catch(NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
70              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find (String) constructor on class: "+type, nsme);
71          } catch(InstantiationException ie) {
72              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to instantiate class: "+type, ie);
73          } catch(IllegalAccessException ie) {
74              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to access class: "+type, ie);
75          } catch(IllegalArgumentException iae) {
76              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to pass argument "+value+" to class: "+type, iae);
77          } catch(InvocationTargetException ite) {
78              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to invoke (String) constructor on class: "+type, ite);
79          }
80  
81      }
82  
83  }