Package org.csstudio.ui.util

Class AdapterUtil

java.lang.Object

org.csstudio.ui.util.AdapterUtil

public class AdapterUtil
extends Object

Utilities for using adapters, particularly against selections.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AdapterUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	convert(Object obj, String targetClass)	Adapts an object to the desired type.
static <T> T[]	convert(ISelection selection, Class<T> clazz)	Returns the current selection converted to an array of the desired type, or to an empty array if not possible.
static String[]	getAdaptableTypes(Class<?> clazz)	Returns all class names that an object of that class can be converted to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AdapterUtil

public AdapterUtil()

Method Details

getAdaptableTypes

public static String[] getAdaptableTypes(Class<?> clazz)

Returns all class names that an object of that class can be converted to.

Parameters:

clazz - a class

Returns:

all the class names with registered adapterFactories

convert

public static <T> T[] convert(ISelection selection,
 Class<T> clazz)

Returns the current selection converted to an array of the desired type, or to an empty array if not possible.

Type Parameters:

T - requested type

Parameters:

selection - a selection

clazz - the desired type

Returns:

an array of the desired type

convert

public static Object convert(Object obj,
 String targetClass)

Adapts an object to the desired type. This method, on top of the standard adapter facility, adds support for arrays. If any of the arguments represents an array, it will use object to object adaptation to create it.

Parameters:

obj - Object to adapt

targetClass - Desired class name

Returns:

Object that matches the targetClass or null