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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;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

Converts a comma-delimited String to a Collection. If the target collection element type is declared, only matches if String.class can be converted to it.
Author:Keith Donald, Juergen Hoeller
Since:3.0
/** * Converts a comma-delimited String to a Collection. * If the target collection element type is declared, only matches if * {@code String.class} can be converted to it. * * @author Keith Donald * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 3.0 */
final class StringToCollectionConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter { private final ConversionService conversionService; public StringToCollectionConverter(ConversionService conversionService) { this.conversionService = conversionService; } @Override public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() { return Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(String.class, Collection.class)); } @Override public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { return (targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor() == null || this.conversionService.canConvert(sourceType, targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor())); } @Override @Nullable public Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) { if (source == null) { return null; } String string = (String) source; String[] fields = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(string); TypeDescriptor elementDesc = targetType.getElementTypeDescriptor(); Collection<Object> target = CollectionFactory.createCollection(targetType.getType(), (elementDesc != null ? elementDesc.getType() : null), fields.length); if (elementDesc == null) { for (String field : fields) { target.add(field.trim()); } } else { for (String field : fields) { Object targetElement = this.conversionService.convert(field.trim(), sourceType, elementDesc); target.add(targetElement); } } return target; } }