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package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;


import java.util.List;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;


/**
 * <p>Standard {@link Converter} implementation that converts an incoming
 * String into an array of String.  On a conversion failure, returns
 * a specified default value or throws a {@link ConversionException} depending
 * on how this instance is constructed.</p>
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:34 $
 * @since 1.4
 */

public final class StringArrayConverter extends AbstractArrayConverter {


    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors


    /**
     * Create a {@link Converter} that will throw a {@link ConversionException}
     * if a conversion error occurs.
     */
    public StringArrayConverter() {

        this.defaultValue = null;
        this.useDefault = false;

    }


    /**
     * Create a {@link Converter} that will return the specified default value
     * if a conversion error occurs.
     *
     * @param defaultValue The default value to be returned
     */
    public StringArrayConverter(Object defaultValue) {

        this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
        this.useDefault = true;

    }


    // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables


    /**
     * <p>Model object for type comparisons.</p>
     */
    private static String model[] = new String[0];
    
    /**
     * <p> Model object for int arrays.</p>
     */
    private static int ints[] = new int[0];



    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods


    /**
     * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the
     * specified type.
     *
     * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
     * @param value The input value to be converted
     *
     * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
     *  successfully
     */
    public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {

        // Deal with a null value
        if (value == null) {
            if (useDefault) {
                return (defaultValue);
            } else {
                throw new ConversionException("No value specified");
            }
        }

        // Deal with the no-conversion-needed case
        if (model.getClass() == value.getClass()) {
            return (value);
        }

        // Deal with the input value as an int array
        if (ints.getClass() == value.getClass())
        {
            int[] values = (int[]) value;
            String[] results = new String[values.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
            {
                results[i] = Integer.toString(values[i]);
            }

            return (results);
        }

        // Parse the input value as a String into elements
        // and convert to the appropriate type
        try {
            List list = parseElements(value.toString());
            String results[] = new String[list.size()];
            for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
                results[i] = (String) list.get(i);
            }
            return (results);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (useDefault) {
                return (defaultValue);
            } else {
                throw new ConversionException(value.toString(), e);
            }
        }

    }


}