org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor
Class ClassEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.AbstractConverter
          org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.ClassEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor, Converter

public class ClassEditor
extends AbstractConverter

A property editor for converting class names into class object instances

Version:

$Rev: 6680 $

Constructor Summary

ClassEditor()

Method Summary

protected Object	toObjectImpl(String text) Return a resolved class using the text value of the property as the name.
protected String	toStringImpl(Object value) Converts the supplied object to text.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.AbstractConverter

getAsText, getType, getValue, setAsText, setValue, toObject, toString

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.beans.PropertyEditor

addPropertyChangeListener, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, supportsCustomEditor

Constructor Detail

ClassEditor

public ClassEditor()

Method Detail

toObjectImpl

protected Object toObjectImpl(String text)

Return a resolved class using the text value of the property as the name. The class is loading using the current context class loader, using the resolution rules defined by ClassLoading.java.

Specified by:

toObjectImpl in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

text - the text to convert

Returns:

a Class object created from the text value of the name.

Throws:

PropertyEditorException - Unable to resolve the Class object from the name.

toStringImpl

protected String toStringImpl(Object value)

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Converts the supplied object to text. The supplied object will always be an instance of the editor type, and specifically will never be null or a String (unless this is the String editor).

Overrides:

toStringImpl in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

value - an instance of the editor type

Returns:

the text equivalent of the value