Field Instanciator problems
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Key: JBPM-696
URL:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-696
Project: JBoss jBPM
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Core Engine
Affects Versions: jBPM 3.1.1
Environment: WinXP, Linux running on JBoss Application Server 4.0.3SP1,
JDK1.5.0_06
Reporter: Shai Bentin
Assigned To: Tom Baeyens
Priority: Minor
Fix For: jBPM 3.1.2
The method getValue() is see two problems, one is jdk5 related the other is just an idea.
In jdk5 doing if (type.isAssignableFrom(Set.class)) and such yields a 'false' even
when it is supposed to be true...
if we would write the same if in reverse:
Set.class.isAssignableFrom(type) we will ge the desired reuslt.
The other issue is, if we know the super type why do we impose a specific implementation,
i.e. if we have a Collection, why do we impose an ArrayList. We have the user's type
and we know it is of type collection so why don't we instanciate the requested
type....
Here is how I propose to write this method:
public static Object getValue(Class type, Element propertyElement) {
// parse the value
Object value = null;
try {
if ( type == String.class ) {
value = propertyElement.getText();
} else if ( (type==Integer.class) || (type==int.class) ) {
value = new Integer( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Long.class) || (type==long.class) ) {
value = new Long( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Float.class ) || (type==float.class) ) {
value = new Float( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Double.class ) || (type==double.class) ) {
value = new Double( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Boolean.class ) || (type==boolean.class) ) {
value = Boolean.valueOf( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Character.class ) || (type==char.class) ) {
value = new Character( propertyElement.getTextTrim().charAt(0) );
} else if ( (type==Short.class ) || (type==short.class) ) {
value = new Short( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if ( (type==Byte.class ) || (type==byte.class) ) {
value = new Byte( propertyElement.getTextTrim() );
} else if (List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
value = getCollection(propertyElement, (List)type.newInstance());
} else if (Set.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
value = getCollection(propertyElement, (Set)type.newInstance());
} else if (Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
value = getCollection(propertyElement, (Collection)type.newInstance());
} else if (Map.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
value = getMap(propertyElement, (Map)type.newInstance());
} else if ( type==Element.class ) {
value = propertyElement;
} else {
Constructor constructor = type.getConstructor(new Class[]{String.class});
if ( (propertyElement.isTextOnly())
&& (constructor!=null) ) {
value = constructor.newInstance(new Object[]{propertyElement.getTextTrim()});
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
log.error("couldn't parse the bean property value '" +
propertyElement.asXML() + "' to a '" + type.getName() +
"'" );
throw new JbpmException( e );
}
return value;
}
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