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

Converts a Collection to a comma-delimited String.
Author:Keith Donald
Since:3.0
/** * Converts a Collection to a comma-delimited String. * * @author Keith Donald * @since 3.0 */
final class CollectionToStringConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter { private static final String DELIMITER = ","; private final ConversionService conversionService; public CollectionToStringConverter(ConversionService conversionService) { this.conversionService = conversionService; } @Override public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() { return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(Collection.class, String.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; } Collection<?> sourceCollection = (Collection<?>) source; if (sourceCollection.isEmpty()) { return ""; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); int i = 0; for (Object sourceElement : sourceCollection) { if (i > 0) { sb.append(DELIMITER); } Object targetElement = this.conversionService.convert( sourceElement, sourceType.elementTypeDescriptor(sourceElement), targetType); sb.append(targetElement); i++; } return sb.toString(); } }