private void removeEmptyContentElements(ElementType elementType) {
List<Serializable> contentToDelete = newArrayList();
for (Serializable content : elementType.getContent()) {
if (content instanceof String && ((String) content).matches("[\\n ].*")) {
contentToDelete.add(content);
}
}
elementType.getContent().removeAll(contentToDelete);
}
private Object getElementValue(ElementType elementType, Class<?> returnType) {
removeEmptyContentElements(elementType);
boolean isArray = returnType.isArray();
if (!isArray) {
if (elementType.getContent().size() != 1) {
throw log.getAttemptToSpecifyAnArrayWhereSingleValueIsExpectedException();
}
return getSingleValue(elementType.getContent().get(0), returnType);
} else {
List<Object> values = newArrayList();
for (Serializable s : elementType.getContent()) {
values.add(getSingleValue(s, returnType.getComponentType()));
}
return values.toArray(
(Object[]) Array.newInstance(returnType.getComponentType(), values.size()));
}
}
