/**

  * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project

  *

  * 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.dozer.converters;

 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;

 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

 /**

  * Internal class for converting String --> Complex Data Types with a String constructor. Only intended for internal

  * use.

  * 

  * @author tierney.matt

  */

 public class StringConstructorConverter implements Converter {

   private StringConverter stringConverter;

   public StringConstructorConverter(DateFormatContainer dateFormatContainer) {

     this.stringConverter = new StringConverter(dateFormatContainer);

   }

   public Object convert(Class destClass, Object srcObj) {

     String result = (String) stringConverter.convert(destClass, srcObj);

     try {

       Constructor constructor = destClass.getConstructor(String.class); // TODO Check, but not catch

       return constructor.newInstance(result);

     } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {

       // just return the string

       return result;

     } catch (Exception e) {

       throw new ConversionException(e);

     }

   }

 }