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package org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.internal.util.ReflectHelper;
import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.WrapperOptions;

Descriptor for Class handling.
Author:Steve Ebersole
/** * Descriptor for {@link Class} handling. * * @author Steve Ebersole */
public class ClassTypeDescriptor extends AbstractTypeDescriptor<Class> { public static final ClassTypeDescriptor INSTANCE = new ClassTypeDescriptor(); public ClassTypeDescriptor() { super( Class.class ); } public String toString(Class value) { return value.getName(); } public Class fromString(String string) { if ( string == null ) { return null; } try { return ReflectHelper.classForName( string ); } catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) { throw new HibernateException( "Unable to locate named class " + string ); } } @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" }) public <X> X unwrap(Class value, Class<X> type, WrapperOptions options) { if ( value == null ) { return null; } if ( Class.class.isAssignableFrom( type ) ) { return (X) value; } if ( String.class.isAssignableFrom( type ) ) { return (X) toString( value ); } throw unknownUnwrap( type ); } public <X> Class wrap(X value, WrapperOptions options) { if ( value == null ) { return null; } if ( Class.class.isInstance( value ) ) { return (Class) value; } if ( String.class.isInstance( value ) ) { return fromString( (String)value ); } throw unknownWrap( value.getClass() ); } }