PrimitiveTypeAdapter.java

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package com.google.gson;

import com.google.gson.internal.Primitives;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Handles type conversion from some object to some primitive (or primitive wrapper instance).
 *
 * <p>Used by {@link ParameterizedTypeFixtures.MyParameterizedTypeAdapter}.
 *
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
final class PrimitiveTypeAdapter {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public <T> T adaptType(Object from, Class<T> to) {
    Class<?> aClass = Primitives.wrap(to);
    if (Primitives.isWrapperType(aClass)) {
      if (aClass == Character.class) {
        String value = from.toString();
        if (value.length() == 1) {
          return (T) (Character) from.toString().charAt(0);
        }
        throw new JsonParseException("The value: " + value + " contains more than a character.");
      }

      try {
        Constructor<?> constructor = aClass.getConstructor(String.class);
        return (T) constructor.newInstance(from.toString());
      } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
        throw new JsonParseException(e);
      }
    } else if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(to)) {
      // Case where the type being adapted to is an Enum
      // We will try to convert from.toString() to the enum
      try {
        Method valuesMethod = to.getMethod("valueOf", String.class);
        return (T) valuesMethod.invoke(null, from.toString());
      } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    } else {
      throw new JsonParseException("Can not adapt type " + from.getClass() + " to " + to);
    }
  }
}