public static Object parseGeneric(Class<?> clazz, String string) throws Exception {
if (clazz.equals(String.class)) return string;
else if (clazz.equals(Character.class)) return Character.valueOf(string.charAt(0));
else if (clazz.equals(Integer.class)) return Integer.valueOf(string);
else if (clazz.equals(Long.class)) return Long.valueOf(string);
else if (clazz.equals(Boolean.class)) return StringUtils.parseBoolean(string);
else if (clazz.equals(Double.class)) return Double.valueOf(string);
else if (clazz.equals(BigDecimal.class)) return BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.parseDouble(string));
else if (clazz.equals(java.util.Date.class)) return StringUtils.parseDate(string);
else if (clazz.equals(java.sql.Date.class))
return new java.sql.Date(StringUtils.parseDate(string).getTime());
else if (clazz.equals(Timestamp.class))
return new Timestamp(StringUtils.parseDate(string).getTime());
else throw new Exception("Unsupported type: '" + clazz.getName() + "'");
}
public static String encodeMD5(String string) throws Exception {
try {
MessageDigest messageDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
byte buffer[] = string.getBytes();
messageDigest.update(buffer);
return StringUtils.convertToHex(messageDigest.digest());
} catch (Exception ex) {
return null;
}
}