Package org.exoplatform.social.common.service.utils

Class ObjectHelper

java.lang.Object

org.exoplatform.social.common.service.utils.ObjectHelper

public class ObjectHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ObjectHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> T	cast(Class<T> toType, Object value)	Converts the given value to the required type or throw a meaningful exception
static Class<?>	convertPrimitiveTypeToWrapperType(Class<?> type)	Converts primitive types such as int to its wrapper type like Integer
static Iterator<Throwable>	createExceptionIterator(Throwable exception)	Creates an iterator to walk the exception from the bottom up (the last caused by going upwards to the root exception).
static <T> T	getException(Class<T> type, Throwable exception)	Retrieves the given exception type from the exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ObjectHelper

public ObjectHelper()

Method Details

getException

public static <T> T getException(Class<T> type,
 Throwable exception)

Retrieves the given exception type from the exception.
Is used to get the caused exception that typically have been wrapped in some sort of Camel wrapper exception
The strategy is to look in the exception hierarchy to find the first given cause that matches the type. Will start from the bottom (the real cause) and walk upwards.

Parameters:

type - the exception type wanted to retrieve

exception - the caused exception

Returns:

the exception found (or null if not found in the exception hierarchy)

createExceptionIterator

public static Iterator<Throwable> createExceptionIterator(Throwable exception)

Creates an iterator to walk the exception from the bottom up (the last caused by going upwards to the root exception).

Parameters:

exception - the exception

Returns:

the iterator

cast

public static <T> T cast(Class<T> toType,
 Object value)

Converts the given value to the required type or throw a meaningful exception

convertPrimitiveTypeToWrapperType

public static Class<?> convertPrimitiveTypeToWrapperType(Class<?> type)

Converts primitive types such as int to its wrapper type like Integer