001    /*
002     * Copyright 2007 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.parse;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.KRADUtils;
019    import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
020    import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
021    
022    import java.util.HashSet;
023    import java.util.Map;
024    import java.util.Set;
025    
026    /**
027     * Converts a string configured in the dictionary for a map property type to a Map
028     * object using the convention of commas to separate map entries and a colon to separate
029     * the key value pair
030     *
031     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
032     */
033    public class StringMapConverter implements GenericConverter {
034    
035        @Override
036        public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
037            Set<ConvertiblePair> pairs = new HashSet<ConvertiblePair>();
038    
039            ConvertiblePair stringMapPair = new ConvertiblePair(String.class, Map.class);
040            pairs.add(stringMapPair);
041    
042            return pairs;
043        }
044    
045        @Override
046        public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
047            return KRADUtils.convertStringParameterToMap((String) source);
048        }
049    }