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package org.springframework.binding.convert.converters;
import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
/**
* Converts a textual representation of a class object to a <code>Class</code> instance.
*
* @author Keith Donald
*/
public class StringToClass extends StringToObject {
private ClassLoader classLoader;
public StringToClass(ClassLoader classLoader) {
super(Class.class);
this.classLoader = classLoader;
}
public Object toObject(String string, Class<?> objectClass) throws Exception {
return ClassUtils.forName(string, classLoader);
}
public String toString(Object object) throws Exception {
Class<?> clazz = (Class<?>) object;
return clazz.getName();
}
}