com.linkedin.restli.internal.common
Class ValueConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.linkedin.restli.internal.common.ValueConverter

public class ValueConverter
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

ValueConverter()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object

coerceString(java.lang.String value, java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Attempt to coerce the given string into an object of the given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValueConverter

public ValueConverter()

Method Detail

coerceString

public static java.lang.Object coerceString(java.lang.String value,
                                            java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Attempt to coerce the given string into an object of the given class.

Parameters:

value - the String value to coercer. could be null

clazz - the class to coercer the string into valid values are string, short, int, long, float, double (and equivalent boxed types), ByteString or enum.

Returns:

an Object of the type coerced to. if value is null, return null