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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;

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

import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
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 from a Collection to another Collection.

First, creates a new Collection of the requested targetType with a size equal to the size of the source Collection. Then copies each element in the source collection to the target collection. Will perform an element conversion from the source collection's parameterized type to the target collection's parameterized type if necessary.

Author:Keith Donald, Juergen Hoeller
Since:3.0
/** * Converts from a Collection to another Collection. * * <p>First, creates a new Collection of the requested targetType with a size equal to the * size of the source Collection. Then copies each element in the source collection to the * target collection. Will perform an element conversion from the source collection's * parameterized type to the target collection's parameterized type if necessary. * * @author Keith Donald * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 3.0 */
final class CollectionToCollectionConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter { private final ConversionService conversionService; public CollectionToCollectionConverter(ConversionService conversionService) { this.conversionService = conversionService; } @Override public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() { return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(Collection.class, Collection.class)); } @Override public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { return ConversionUtils.canConvertElements( sourceType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor(), this.conversionService); } @Override @Nullable public Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { if (source == null) { return null; } Collection<?> sourceCollection = (Collection<?>) source; // Shortcut if possible... boolean copyRequired = !targetType.getType().isInstance(source); if (!copyRequired && sourceCollection.isEmpty()) { return source; } TypeDescriptor elementDesc = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor(); if (elementDesc == null && !copyRequired) { return source; } // At this point, we need a collection copy in any case, even if just for finding out about element copies... Collection<Object> target = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), (elementDesc != null ? elementDesc.getType() : null), sourceCollection.size()); if (elementDesc == null) { target.addAll(sourceCollection); } else { for (Object sourceElement : sourceCollection) { Object targetElement = this.conversionService.convert(sourceElement, sourceType.elementTypeDescriptor(sourceElement), elementDesc); target.add(targetElement); if (sourceElement != targetElement) { copyRequired = true; } } } return (copyRequired ? target : source); } }