com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util
Class Primitives

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.Primitives

public final class Primitives
extends Object

Utility class for primitives.

Since:

1.2.1

Author:

Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Primitives()

Method Summary

static Class	box(Class type) Get the boxed type for a primitive.
static boolean	isBoxed(Class type) Check for a boxed type.
static Class	primitiveType(String name) Get the primitive type by name.
static char	representingChar(Class type) Get the representing character of a primitive type.
static Class	unbox(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

Constructor Detail

Primitives

public Primitives()

Method Detail

box

public static Class box(Class type)

Get the boxed type for a primitive.

Parameters:

type - the primitive type

Returns:

the boxed type or null

unbox

public static Class unbox(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(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 Class primitiveType(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(Class type)

Get the representing character of a primitive type.

Parameters:

type - the primitive type

Returns:

the representing character or 0

Since:

1.4