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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;

import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter;
import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

/**
 * Converts an Array to a comma-delimited String.
 * This implementation first adapts the source Array to a List, then delegates to {@link CollectionToStringConverter} to perform the target String conversion.
 * 
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @since 3.0
 */
final class ArrayToStringConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {

	private final CollectionToStringConverter helperConverter;

	public ArrayToStringConverter(ConversionService conversionService) {
		this.helperConverter = new CollectionToStringConverter(conversionService);
	}

	public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
		return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(Object[].class, String.class));
	}

	public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		return this.helperConverter.matches(sourceType, targetType);
	}

	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		return this.helperConverter.convert(Arrays.asList(ObjectUtils.toObjectArray(source)), sourceType, targetType);
	}

}
