com.jidesoft.utils
Class TypeUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.utils.TypeUtils

public class TypeUtils
extends Object

Utils methods for data type.

Constructor Summary

TypeUtils()

Method Summary

static Class<?>	convertPrimitiveToWrapperType(Class<?> primitive)
static Class<?>	convertWrapperToPrimitiveType(Class<?> wrapperType)
static boolean	isNumericType(Class<?> type) Checks if the type is a numeric type.
static boolean	isPrimitive(Class<?> primitive)
static boolean	isPrimitiveWrapper(Class<?> wrapperType)
static boolean	isTemporalType(Class<?> type) Checks if the type is a temporal type such as Date, Calendar, long or double that can be used to represent date or time.
static boolean	isVisualType(Class<?> type) Checks if the type is a type that can be visualized such as color, image or icon.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeUtils

public TypeUtils()

Method Detail

isPrimitive

public static boolean isPrimitive(Class<?> primitive)

isPrimitiveWrapper

public static boolean isPrimitiveWrapper(Class<?> wrapperType)

convertPrimitiveToWrapperType

public static Class<?> convertPrimitiveToWrapperType(Class<?> primitive)

convertWrapperToPrimitiveType

public static Class<?> convertWrapperToPrimitiveType(Class<?> wrapperType)

isNumericType

public static boolean isNumericType(Class<?> type)

Checks if the type is a numeric type.

Parameters:

type - the data type.

Returns:

true if it is numeric type including all subclasses of Number, double, int, float, short and long.

isTemporalType

public static boolean isTemporalType(Class<?> type)

Checks if the type is a temporal type such as Date, Calendar, long or double that can be used to represent date or time.

Parameters:

type - the data type.

Returns:

true if it is temporal type including all subclasses.

isVisualType

public static boolean isVisualType(Class<?> type)

Checks if the type is a type that can be visualized such as color, image or icon.

Parameters:

type - the data type.

Returns:

true if it is visual type including all subclasses.