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1   /*
2    *  XNap Commons
3    *
4    *  Copyright (C) 2005  Steffen Pingel
5    *
6    *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7    *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8    *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9    *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10   *
11   *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14   *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
15   *
16   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17   *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18   *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
19   */
20  package org.xnap.commons.settings;
21  
22  /***
23   * Provides a setting for objects that are instanciated via reflection.
24   */
25  public class ClassNameSetting<T> extends AbstractSetting<T> {
26  
27  	public ClassNameSetting(SettingResource backend, String key, T defaultValue)
28      {
29      	super(backend, key, defaultValue, null);
30      }
31  	
32  	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
33  	@Override
34  	protected T fromString(String value)
35  	{
36  		try {
37  			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(value);
38  			return (T)clazz.newInstance();
39  		} 
40  		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
41  		}
42  		catch (InstantiationException e) {
43  		}
44  		catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
45  		}
46  		catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
47  		}
48  		return null;
49  	}
50  
51  	@Override
52  	protected String toString(T value)
53  	{
54  		return value.getClass().getName();
55  	}
56  	
57  }