private String[] getStringProperty(String name, Object value) {
// Don't log a warning if the value is null. The filter guarantees at least one of the necessary
// properties
// is there. If others are not, this method will get called with value equal to null.
if (value == null) return new String[0];
if (value instanceof String) {
return new String[] {(String) value};
}
if (value instanceof String[]) {
return (String[]) value;
}
Exception e = null;
if (value instanceof Collection) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Collection<String> temp = (Collection<String>) value;
try {
return temp.toArray(new String[temp.size()]);
} catch (ArrayStoreException ase) {
e = ase;
}
}
log.log(
LogService.LOG_WARNING,
NLS.bind(
MetaTypeMsg.INVALID_PID_METATYPE_PROVIDER_IGNORED,
new Object[] {_bundle.getSymbolicName(), _bundle.getBundleId(), name, value}),
e);
return new String[0];
}
