/**
* Computes the display string for any value, for a specific type.
*
* @param desc the field descriptor - custom formatters are extracted from this descriptor.
* @param t the value to print
* @return the formatted string
*/
public static <T> String print(TypeDescriptor desc, T t) {
if (t == null) {
return "";
}
if (desc != null && conversion.canConvert(desc, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class))) {
return (String) conversion.convert(t, desc, TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class));
} else if (conversion.canConvert(t.getClass(), String.class)) {
return conversion.convert(t, String.class);
} else {
return t.toString();
}
}
/**
* Parses this string as instance of a specific field in the given class
*
* @param field the related field (custom formatters are extracted from this field annotation)
* @param text the text to parse
* @param clazz class representing the required type
* @return the parsed value
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static <T> T parse(Field field, String text, Class<T> clazz) {
return (T) conversion.convert(text, new TypeDescriptor(field), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(clazz));
}