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/**
 * Copyright  2014 Instituto Superior Tcnico
 *
 * This file is part of Bennu Spring.
 *
 * Bennu Spring is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Bennu Spring is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with Bennu Spring.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.fenixedu.bennu.spring;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;

import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter;

import pt.ist.fenixframework.DomainObject;
import pt.ist.fenixframework.FenixFramework;

/***
 * Converts a string to a DomainObject
 * 
 * @author Srgio Silva (sergio.silva@tecnico.ulisboa.pt)
 * 
 */
public class DomainObjectConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {
    @Override
    public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
        return String.class.equals(sourceType.getType())
                && DomainObject.class.isAssignableFrom(targetType.getType());
    }

    @Override
    public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
        return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(String.class, DomainObject.class));
    }

    @Override
    public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
        final DomainObject domainObject = FenixFramework.getDomainObject((String) source);

        //throws ClassCastException if not required domain type
        targetType.getType().cast(domainObject);

        if (FenixFramework.isDomainObjectValid(domainObject)) {
            return domainObject;
        }

        return null;
    }
}