CharSequenceToObjectConverter Class — spring-boot Architecture

Source Code

core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/convert/CharSequenceToObjectConverter.java lines 34–105

class CharSequenceToObjectConverter implements ConditionalGenericConverter {

	private static final TypeDescriptor STRING = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class);

	private static final TypeDescriptor BYTE_ARRAY = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(byte[].class);

	private static final Set<ConvertiblePair> TYPES;

	private final ThreadLocal<Boolean> disable = new ThreadLocal<>();

	static {
		TYPES = Collections.singleton(new ConvertiblePair(CharSequence.class, Object.class));
	}

	private final ConversionService conversionService;

	CharSequenceToObjectConverter(ConversionService conversionService) {
		this.conversionService = conversionService;
	}

	@Override
	public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
		return TYPES;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		if (sourceType.getType() == String.class || this.disable.get() == Boolean.TRUE) {
			return false;
		}
		this.disable.set(Boolean.TRUE);
		try {
			boolean canDirectlyConvertCharSequence = this.conversionService.canConvert(sourceType, targetType);
			if (canDirectlyConvertCharSequence && !isStringConversionBetter(sourceType, targetType)) {
				return false;
			}
			return this.conversionService.canConvert(STRING, targetType);
		}
		finally {
			this.disable.remove();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return if String based conversion is better based on the target type. This is
	 * required when ObjectTo... conversion produces incorrect results.
	 * @param sourceType the source type to test
	 * @param targetType the target type to test
	 * @return if string conversion is better
	 */
	private boolean isStringConversionBetter(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		if (this.conversionService instanceof ApplicationConversionService applicationConversionService) {
			if (applicationConversionService.isConvertViaObjectSourceType(sourceType, targetType)) {
				// If an ObjectTo... converter is being used then there might be a better
				// StringTo... version
				return true;
			}
		}
		if ((targetType.isArray() || targetType.isCollection()) && !targetType.equals(BYTE_ARRAY)) {
			// StringToArrayConverter / StringToCollectionConverter are better than
			// ObjectToArrayConverter / ObjectToCollectionConverter
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public @Nullable Object convert(@Nullable Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
		return this.conversionService.convert((source != null) ? source.toString() : null, STRING, targetType);
	}

}