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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012 Apigee Corporation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ package org.usergrid.utils; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; public class ClassUtils extends org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <A> Class<A> tryGetClass(Class<A> baseCls, String className) { try { Class<A> cls = (Class<A>) Class.forName(className); if (cls != null) { return cls; } } catch (ClassCastException e) { // logger.warn("Unable to convert to a typed entity (" + entityType // + "): " + e.getMessage()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { // logger.warn("Unable to convert to a typed entity (" + entityType // + "): " + e.getMessage()); } return null; } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <A, B> B cast(A a) { return (B) a; } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private static final Set<Class<?>> WRAPPER_TYPES = new HashSet<Class<?>>( Arrays.asList(Boolean.class, Byte.class, Character.class, Double.class, Float.class, Integer.class, Long.class, Short.class, Void.class)); public static boolean isWrapperType(Class<?> clazz) { return WRAPPER_TYPES.contains(clazz); } public static boolean isWrapperType2(Class<?> clazz) { if (clazz == null) { return false; } return clazz.equals(Boolean.class) || clazz.equals(Integer.class) || clazz.equals(Character.class) || clazz.equals(Byte.class) || clazz.equals(Short.class) || clazz.equals(Double.class) || clazz.equals(Long.class) || clazz.equals(Float.class); } public static boolean isPrimitiveType(Class<?> clazz) { if (clazz == null) { return false; } return clazz.isPrimitive() || isWrapperType(clazz); } public static boolean isBasicType(Class<?> clazz) { if (clazz == null) { return false; } return (String.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) || isPrimitiveType(clazz); } }