Example usage for org.springframework.core.convert TypeDescriptor isPrimitive

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.springframework.core.convert TypeDescriptor isPrimitive.

Prototype

public boolean isPrimitive() 

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Is this type a primitive type?

Usage

From source file:org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService.java

/**
 * Template method to convert a null source.
 * <p>Default implementation returns <code>null</code>.
 * Throws a {@link ConversionFailedException} if the targetType is a primitive type,
 * as <code>null</code> cannot be assigned to a primitive type.
 * Subclasses may override to return custom null objects for specific target types.
 * @param sourceType the sourceType to convert from
 * @param targetType the targetType to convert to
 * @return the converted null object// w w w . j  a v a  2 s .co  m
 */
protected Object convertNullSource(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
    if (targetType.isPrimitive()) {
        throw new ConversionFailedException(sourceType, targetType, null,
                new IllegalArgumentException("A null value cannot be assigned to a primitive type"));
    }
    return null;
}

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