org.eclipse.smila.management.jmx.client.helpers.ConversionHelper.java Source code

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/***********************************************************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 empolis GmbH and brox IT Solutions GmbH. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying
 * materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors: Ivan Churkin (brox IT Solutions GmbH) - initial creator
 **********************************************************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.smila.management.jmx.client.helpers;

import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConvertUtils;
import org.eclipse.smila.management.jmx.client.converters.DateConverter;

/**
 * The Class ConversionHelper.
 */
public final class ConversionHelper {

    static {
        ConvertUtils.register(new DateConverter(), Date.class);
    }

    /**
     * Private constructor to avoid instatiation.
     */
    private ConversionHelper() {
    }

    /**
     * Convert.
     * 
     * @param parameter
     *          the parameter
     * @param className
     *          the class name
     * 
     * @return the object
     */
    public static Object convert(final String parameter, final String className) {
        final Class clazz;
        try {
            clazz = Class.forName(className);
        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
        }
        return ConvertUtils.convert(parameter, clazz);
    }
}