/**
* Examines a property's type to see which method should be used to parse the property's value.
*
* @param desc The description of the property
* @param value The value of the XML attribute containing the prop value
* @return The value stored in the element
* @throws IOException If there is an error reading the document
*/
public Object getObjectValue(PropertyDescriptor desc, String value) throws IOException {
// Find out what kind of property it is
Class type = desc.getPropertyType();
// If it's an array, get the base type
if (type.isArray()) {
type = type.getComponentType();
}
// For native types, object wrappers for natives, and strings, use the
// basic parse routine
if (type.equals(Integer.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Long.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Short.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Byte.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Boolean.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Float.TYPE)
|| type.equals(Double.TYPE)
|| Integer.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Long.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Short.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Byte.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Float.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
|| Double.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
return parseBasicType(type, value);
} else if (String.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
return value;
} else if (java.util.Date.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
// If it's a date, use the date parser
return parseDate(value, JOXDateHandler.determineDateFormat());
} else {
return null;
}
}
/**
* Parses an XML element as a date
*
* @param element The element containing the date
* @return The date value parsed from the element
* @throws IOException If there's an error parsing the date
*/
public Object readDate(Element element) throws IOException {
// Get the text corresponding to this element
String str = getElementString(element);
String fmt = element.getAttribute("format");
if ("".equals(fmt)) {
return parseDate(str, JOXDateHandler.determineDateFormat());
} else {
return parseDate(str, new SimpleDateFormat(fmt));
}
}