com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util

Class Primitives

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.Primitives

public final class Primitives
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for primitives.

Since:

1.2.1

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static java.util.Map	BOX
private static java.util.Map	NAMED_PRIMITIVE
private static java.util.Map	REPRESENTING_CHAR
private static java.util.Map	UNBOX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Primitives()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Class	box(java.lang.Class type) Get the boxed type for a primitive.
static boolean	isBoxed(java.lang.Class type) Check for a boxed type.
static java.lang.Class	primitiveType(java.lang.String name) Get the primitive type by name.
static char	representingChar(java.lang.Class type) Get the representing character of a primitive type.
static java.lang.Class	unbox(java.lang.Class type) Get the primitive type for a boxed one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BOX

private static final java.util.Map BOX

UNBOX

private static final java.util.Map UNBOX

NAMED_PRIMITIVE

private static final java.util.Map NAMED_PRIMITIVE

REPRESENTING_CHAR

private static final java.util.Map REPRESENTING_CHAR

Constructor Detail

Primitives

public Primitives()

Method Detail

box

public static java.lang.Class box(java.lang.Class type)

Get the boxed type for a primitive.

Parameters:

type - the primitive type

Returns:

the boxed type or null

unbox

public static java.lang.Class unbox(java.lang.Class type)

Get the primitive type for a boxed one.

Parameters:

type - the boxed type

Returns:

the primitive type or null

isBoxed

public static boolean isBoxed(java.lang.Class type)

Check for a boxed type.

Parameters:

type - the type to check

Returns:

true if the type is boxed

Since:

1.4

primitiveType

public static java.lang.Class primitiveType(java.lang.String name)

Get the primitive type by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the type

Returns:

the Java type or null

Since:

1.4

representingChar

public static char representingChar(java.lang.Class type)

Get the representing character of a primitive type.

Parameters:

type - the primitive type

Returns:

the representing character or 0

Since:

1.4