Package org.springframework.integration.util

Class UUIDConverter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.integration.util.UUIDConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Object,UUID>

public class UUIDConverter
extends Object
implements Converter<Object,UUID>

Utility to help generate UUID instances from generic objects.

Author:

Dave Syer, Gary Russell

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DEFAULT_CHARSET

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UUIDConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
UUID	convert(Object source)	Convert the input to a UUID using the convenience method getUUID(Object).
static UUID	getUUID(Object input)	Convenient utility to convert an object to a UUID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter

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Field Details

DEFAULT_CHARSET

public static final String DEFAULT_CHARSET

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

UUIDConverter

public UUIDConverter()

Method Details

convert

public UUID convert(Object source)

Convert the input to a UUID using the convenience method getUUID(Object).

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter<Object,UUID>

See Also:

Converter.convert(java.lang.Object)

getUUID

public static UUID getUUID(Object input)

Convenient utility to convert an object to a UUID. If the input is

• null: returns null
• a UUID: returns the input unchanged
• a String formatted as a UUID: returns the result of UUID.fromString(String)
• any other String: returns UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(byte[]) with bytes generated from the input
• a primitive or primitive wrapper: converts to a String ans then uses the previous conversion method
• Serializable: returns the UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(byte[]) with the serialized bytes of the input

If none of the above applies there will be an exception trying to serialize.

Parameters:

input - an Object

Returns:

a UUID constructed from the input