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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;

import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConditionalGenericConverter;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

Converts an array to an Object by returning the first array element after converting it to the desired target type.
Author:Keith Donald
Since:3.0
/** * Converts an array to an Object by returning the first array element * after converting it to the desired target type. * * @author Keith Donald * @since 3.0 */
final class ArrayToObjectConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter { private final ConversionService conversionService; public ArrayToObjectConverter(ConversionService conversionService) { this.conversionService = conversionService; } @Override public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() { return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(Object[].class, Object.class)); } @Override public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { return ConversionUtils.canConvertElements(sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetType, this.conversionService); } @Override @Nullable public Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { if (source == null) { return null; } if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetType)) { return source; } if (Array.getLength(source) == 0) { return null; } Object firstElement = Array.get(source, 0); return this.conversionService.convert(firstElement, sourceType.elementTypeDescriptor(firstElement), targetType); } }