conversion utils helper for common code

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToArrayGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
@@ -35,12 +37,14 @@ final class ArrayToArrayGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		TypeDescriptor sourceElementType = sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
 		TypeDescriptor targetElementType = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
 		Object target = Array.newInstance(targetElementType.getType(), Array.getLength(source));
-		GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);		
+		GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 		if (converter == null) {
 			throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 		}
 		for (int i = 0; i < Array.getLength(target); i++) {
-			Array.set(target, i, converter.convert(Array.get(source, i), sourceElementType, targetElementType));
+			Object sourceElement = Array.get(source, i);
+			Object targetElement = invokeConverter(converter, sourceElement, sourceElementType, targetElementType);
+			Array.set(target, i, targetElement);
 		}
 		return target;
 	}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToCollectionGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ final class ArrayToCollectionGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 	public ArrayToCollectionGenericConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		int length = Array.getLength(source);
 		Collection collection = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), length);
@@ -43,9 +45,11 @@ final class ArrayToCollectionGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 			GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 			if (converter == null) {
 				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
-			}			
+			}
 			for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-				collection.add(converter.convert(Array.get(source, i), sourceElementType, targetElementType));
+				Object sourceElement = Array.get(source, i);
+				Object targetElement = invokeConverter(converter, sourceElement, sourceElementType, targetElementType);
+				collection.add(targetElement);
 			}
 		}
 		return collection;

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ArrayToObjectGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ final class ArrayToObjectGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 	public ArrayToObjectGenericConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		int length = Array.getLength(source);
 		if (length == 0) {
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ final class ArrayToObjectGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 				if (converter == null) {
 					throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetType);
 				}
-				return converter.convert(Array.get(source, 0), sourceElementType, targetType);
+				return invokeConverter(converter, Array.get(source, 0), sourceElementType, targetType);
 			}
 		}
 	}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToArrayGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.getElementType;
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ final class CollectionToArrayGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 	public CollectionToArrayGenericConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		Collection sourceCollection = (Collection) source;
 		TypeDescriptor sourceElementType = sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ final class CollectionToArrayGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 		}
 		TypeDescriptor targetElementType = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
 		Object array = Array.newInstance(targetElementType.getType(), sourceCollection.size());
-		int i = 0;		
+		int i = 0;
 		if (sourceElementType == TypeDescriptor.NULL || sourceElementType.isAssignableTo(targetElementType)) {
 			for (Iterator it = sourceCollection.iterator(); it.hasNext(); i++) {
 				Array.set(array, i, it.next());
@@ -47,21 +50,14 @@ final class CollectionToArrayGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 			GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 			if (converter == null) {
 				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
-			}			
+			}
 			for (Iterator it = sourceCollection.iterator(); it.hasNext(); i++) {
-				Array.set(array, i, converter.convert(it.next(), sourceElementType, targetElementType));
+				Object sourceElement = it.next();
+				Object targetElement = invokeConverter(converter, sourceElement, sourceElementType, targetElementType);
+				Array.set(array, i, targetElement);
 			}
 		}
 		return array;
 	}
-	
-	private TypeDescriptor getElementType(Collection collection) {
-		for (Object element : collection) {
-			if (element != null) {
-				return TypeDescriptor.valueOf(element.getClass());
-			}
-		}
-		return TypeDescriptor.NULL;
-	}
 
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToCollectionGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.getElementType;
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
@@ -40,30 +43,20 @@ final class CollectionToCollectionGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 			if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetType)) {
 				return sourceCollection;
 			} else {
-				Collection targetCollection = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), sourceCollection
-						.size());
-				targetCollection.addAll(sourceCollection);
-				return targetCollection;
+				Collection target = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), sourceCollection.size());
+				target.addAll(sourceCollection);
+				return target;
 			}
 		}
-		Collection targetCollection = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), sourceCollection.size());
+		Collection target = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), sourceCollection.size());
 		GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 		if (converter == null) {
 			throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetElementType);
 		}
 		for (Object element : sourceCollection) {
-			targetCollection.add(converter.convert(element, sourceElementType, targetElementType));
-		}
-		return targetCollection;
-	}
-
-	private TypeDescriptor getElementType(Collection collection) {
-		for (Object element : collection) {
-			if (element != null) {
-				return TypeDescriptor.valueOf(element.getClass());
-			}
+			target.add(invokeConverter(converter, element, sourceElementType, targetElementType));
 		}
-		return TypeDescriptor.NULL;
+		return target;
 	}
 
 }
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org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToObjectGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ final class CollectionToObjectGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 				if (converter == null) {
 					throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceElementType, targetType);
 				}				
-				return converter.convert(firstElement, sourceElementType, targetType);
+				return invokeConverter(converter, firstElement, sourceElementType, targetType);
 			}
 		}
 	}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ConversionUtils.java

+package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+
+final class ConversionUtils {
+	public static Object invokeConverter(GenericConverter converter, Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType,
+			TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+		try {
+			return converter.convert(source, sourceType, targetType);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new ConversionFailedException(sourceType, targetType, source, ex);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static TypeDescriptor getElementType(Collection collection) {
+		for (Object element : collection) {
+			if (element != null) {
+				return TypeDescriptor.valueOf(element.getClass());
+			}
+		}
+		return TypeDescriptor.NULL;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionService.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	};
 
-
 	private final Map<Class, Map<Class, GenericConverter>> sourceTypeConverters = new HashMap<Class, Map<Class, GenericConverter>>();
 
 	private ConversionService parent;
@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	};
 
-
 	public GenericConversionService() {
 		initGenericConverters();
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Registers the converters in the set provided.
 	 * JavaBean-friendly alternative to calling {@link #addConverter(Converter)}.
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		return this.parent;
 	}
 
-
 	// implementing ConverterRegistry
 
 	public void addConverter(Converter converter) {
@@ -140,7 +137,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		getSourceMap(sourceType).remove(targetType);
 	}
 
-
 	// implementing ConversionService
 
 	public boolean canConvert(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType) {
@@ -177,15 +173,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		if (converter == null) {
 			throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceType, targetType);
 		}
-		try {
-			return converter.convert(source, sourceType, targetType);
-		}
-		catch (ConversionFailedException ex) {
-			throw ex;
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new ConversionFailedException(sourceType, targetType, source, ex);
-		}
+		return invokeConverter(converter, source, sourceType, targetType);
 	}
 
 	// subclassing hooks
@@ -203,6 +191,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		addGenericConverter(Map.class, Map.class, new MapToMapGenericConverter(this));
 		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Object[].class, new ObjectToArrayGenericConverter(this));
 		addGenericConverter(Object.class, Collection.class, new ObjectToCollectionGenericConverter(this));
+		addGenericConverter(String.class, Object[].class, new StringToArrayGenericConverter(this));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -242,21 +231,17 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		GenericConverter converter = findConverterByClassPair(sourceType.getObjectType(), targetType.getObjectType());
 		if (converter != null) {
 			return converter;
-		}
-		else if (this.parent != null && this.parent.canConvert(sourceType, targetType)) {
+		} else if (this.parent != null && this.parent.canConvert(sourceType, targetType)) {
 			return this.parentConverterAdapter;
-		}
-		else {
+		} else {
 			if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetType)) {
 				return NO_OP_CONVERTER;
-			}
-			else {
+			} else {
 				return null;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	// internal helpers
 
 	private List<Class> getRequiredTypeInfo(Object converter) {
@@ -298,12 +283,10 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 						if (typeInfo.size() == 2) {
 							return typeInfo;
 						}
-					}
-					else if (Converter.class.isAssignableFrom((Class) rawType)) {
+					} else if (Converter.class.isAssignableFrom((Class) rawType)) {
 						return getConverterTypeInfo((Class) rawType);
 					}
-				}
-				else if (Converter.class.isAssignableFrom((Class) ifc)) {
+				} else if (Converter.class.isAssignableFrom((Class) ifc)) {
 					return getConverterTypeInfo((Class) ifc);
 				}
 			}
@@ -330,8 +313,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 			}
 			Map<Class, GenericConverter> objectConverters = getConvertersForSource(Object.class);
 			return getConverter(objectConverters, targetType);
-		}
-		else {
+		} else {
 			LinkedList<Class> classQueue = new LinkedList<Class>();
 			classQueue.addFirst(sourceType);
 			while (!classQueue.isEmpty()) {
@@ -393,8 +375,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 				}
 			}
 			return converters.get(Object.class);
-		}
-		else {
+		} else {
 			LinkedList<Class> classQueue = new LinkedList<Class>();
 			classQueue.addFirst(targetType);
 			while (!classQueue.isEmpty()) {
@@ -408,8 +389,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 					if (componentType.getSuperclass() != null) {
 						classQueue.addFirst(Array.newInstance(componentType.getSuperclass(), 0).getClass());
 					}
-				}
-				else {
+				} else {
 					if (currentClass.getSuperclass() != null) {
 						classQueue.addFirst(currentClass.getSuperclass());
 					}
@@ -423,7 +403,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	private static class ConverterAdapter implements GenericConverter {
 
 		private Converter converter;
@@ -438,7 +417,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService, ConverterReg
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	private static class ConverterFactoryAdapter implements GenericConverter {
 
 		private ConverterFactory converterFactory;

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/MapToMapGenericConverter.java

 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ final class MapToMapGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 
 		public Object convertKey(Object sourceKey) {
 			if (sourceKey != null && this.keyConverter != null) {
-				return this.keyConverter.convert(sourceKey, this.sourceKeyType, this.targetKeyType);
+				return invokeConverter(this.keyConverter, sourceKey, this.sourceKeyType, this.targetKeyType);
 			} else {
 				return sourceKey;
 			}
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ final class MapToMapGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 
 		public Object convertValue(Object sourceValue) {
 			if (sourceValue != null && this.valueConverter != null) {
-				return this.valueConverter.convert(sourceValue, this.sourceValueType, this.targetValueType);
+				return invokeConverter(this.valueConverter, sourceValue, this.sourceValueType, this.targetValueType);
 			} else {
 				return sourceValue;
 			}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ObjectToArrayGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
@@ -27,18 +29,18 @@ final class ObjectToArrayGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 	public ObjectToArrayGenericConverter(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
 		TypeDescriptor targetElementType = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor();
 		Object target = Array.newInstance(targetElementType.getType(), 1);
 		if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetElementType)) {
-			Array.set(target, 0, source);			
+			Array.set(target, 0, source);
 		} else {
 			GenericConverter converter = this.conversionService.getConverter(sourceType, targetElementType);
 			if (converter == null) {
 				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceType, targetElementType);
-			}		
-			Array.set(target, 0, converter.convert(source, sourceType, targetElementType));
+			}
+			Array.set(target, 0, invokeConverter(converter, source, sourceType, targetElementType));
 		}
 		return target;
 	}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/ObjectToCollectionGenericConverter.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionUtils.invokeConverter;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ final class ObjectToCollectionGenericConverter implements GenericConverter {
 			if (converter == null) {
 				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(sourceType, targetElementType);
 			}
-			target.add(converter.convert(source, sourceType, targetElementType));
+			target.add(invokeConverter(converter, source, sourceType, targetElementType));
 		}
 		return target;
 	}

org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void convertNullConversionPointType() {
+	public void convertNullTypeDescriptor() {
 		assertEquals(null, converter.convert(3, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class), TypeDescriptor.NULL));
 	}
 
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	@Ignore
 	public void convertStringToArrayWithElementConversion() {
 		converter.addConverterFactory(new StringToNumberConverterFactory());
 		Integer[] result = converter.convert("1,2,3", Integer[].class);