ArrayToCollectionConverter.java

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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;

import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;

/**
 * Converts from an array to a collection.
 *
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @since 3.0
 */
final class ArrayToCollectionConverter implements GenericConverter {

	private final GenericConversionService conversionService;

	public ArrayToCollectionConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
		this.conversionService = conversionService;
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		if (source == null) {
			return this.conversionService.convertNullSource(sourceType, targetType);
		}		
		int length = Array.getLength(source);
		Collection collection = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), length);
		TypeDescriptor sourceElementType = sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
		TypeDescriptor targetElementType = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
		if (targetElementType == TypeDescriptor.NULL || sourceElementType.isAssignableTo(targetElementType)) {
			for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
				collection.add(Array.get(source, i));
			}
		}
		else {
			GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
			if (converter == null) {
				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
			}
			for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
				Object sourceElement = Array.get(source, i);
				Object targetElement = invokeConverter(converter, sourceElement, sourceElementType, targetElementType);
				collection.add(targetElement);
			}
		}
		return collection;
	}

}