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package org.apache.commons.beanutils;

BeanUtilsBean implementation that creates a ConvertUtilsBean2 and delegates conversion to ConvertUtilsBean.convert(Object, Class<?>). 

To configure this implementation for the current context ClassLoader invoke
BeanUtilsBean.setInstance(new BeanUtilsBean2());


BeanUtils 1.7.0 delegated all conversion to String to the converter
registered for the String.class. One of the improvements in BeanUtils 1.8.0 was to upgrade the Converter implementations so that they could handle conversion to String for their type (e.g. IntegerConverter now handles conversion from an Integer to a String as well as String to Integer). 
 In order to take advantage of these improvements BeanUtils needs to change how it gets the appropriate Converter. This functionality has been implemented in the new ConvertUtilsBean.lookup(Class<?>, Class<?>) and ConvertUtilsBean.convert(Object, Class<?>) methods. However changing BeanUtilsBean to use these methods could create compatibility issues for existing users. In order to avoid that, this new BeanUtilsBean implementation has been created (and the associated ConvertUtilsBean2). 
See Also:
ConvertUtilsBean2
Version:
$Id$
Since:
1.8.0/**
 * <p>{@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation that creates a
 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean2} and delegates conversion to
 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)}.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * To configure this implementation for the current context ClassLoader invoke
 * <code>BeanUtilsBean.setInstance(new BeanUtilsBean2());</code>
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * BeanUtils 1.7.0 delegated all conversion to String to the converter
 * registered for the <code>String.class</code>. One of the improvements in
 * BeanUtils 1.8.0 was to upgrade the {@link Converter} implementations so
 * that they could handle conversion to String for their type (e.g.
 * IntegerConverter now handles conversion from an Integer to a String as
 * well as String to Integer).
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * In order to take advantage of these improvements BeanUtils needs to change
 * how it gets the appropriate {@link Converter}. This functionality has been
 * implemented in the new {@link ConvertUtilsBean#lookup(Class, Class)} and
 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)} methods. However changing
 * {@link BeanUtilsBean} to use these methods could create compatibility
 * issues for existing users. In order to avoid that, this new
 * {@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation has been created (and the associated
 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean2}).
 * </p>
 *
 * @see ConvertUtilsBean2
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 1.8.0
 */
public class BeanUtilsBean2 extends BeanUtilsBean {

    
Constructs an instance using new property
and conversion instances.
/**
     * <p>Constructs an instance using new property
     * and conversion instances.</p>
     */
    public BeanUtilsBean2() {
        super(new ConvertUtilsBean2());
    }

    
Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if
possible).
Params:
value – Value to be converted (may be null)
type – Class of the value to be converted to
Returns:
The converted value/**
     * <p>Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if
     * possible).</p>
     *
     * @param value Value to be converted (may be null)
     * @param type Class of the value to be converted to
     * @return The converted value
     */
    @Override
    protected Object convert(final Object value, final Class<?> type) {
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value, type);
    }
}