Package eu.simuline.octave.type.cast

Class Cast

java.lang.Object

eu.simuline.octave.type.cast.Cast

public final class Cast
extends Object

Helper class for the auto cast functionality. Currently, only a single caster is implemented: DoubleToComplexCaster but this can be dynamically extended.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
private static class	Cast.ClassPair<F,T>	Represents a pair of classes, essentially a cast from one to the other class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static Map<Cast.ClassPair<?,?>,Caster<?,?>>	casterMap	Maps a class pair to an according caster.
private static int	PRIME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	Cast()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <F extends OctaveObject,T extends OctaveObject> T	cast(Class<T> toClass, F from)	Cast and transform the object.
private static <F extends OctaveObject,T extends OctaveObject> Caster<F,T>	casterMapGet(Cast.ClassPair<F,T> cp)
private static void	initIfNecessary()
private static <F,T> void	register(Caster<F,T> caster)
private static <F> Class<F>	unsafeGetClass(F from)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PRIME

private static final int PRIME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

casterMap

private static Map<Cast.ClassPair<?,?>,Caster<?,?>> casterMap

Maps a class pair to an according caster.

Constructor Detail

Cast

private Cast()

Method Detail

initIfNecessary

private static void initIfNecessary()

register

private static <F,T> void register(Caster<F,T> caster)

cast

public static <F extends OctaveObject,T extends OctaveObject> T cast(Class<T> toClass,
                                                                           F from)

Cast and transform the object.

Type Parameters:

F - the class type of the object from to be cast.

T - the target class toClass as a type variable.

Parameters:

toClass - the class from

from - the object to be cast or null.

Returns:

The object of type toClass which is by casting from or null for from == null.

unsafeGetClass

private static <F> Class<F> unsafeGetClass(F from)

casterMapGet

private static <F extends OctaveObject,T extends OctaveObject> Caster<F,T> casterMapGet(Cast.ClassPair<F,T> cp)