How to convert from String to a primitive type or standard java Wrapper types

Question

I have a java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler and I need to implement the method invoke()

I have a value of type java.lang.String from my el

Answer 1

in jdk8, you could now do something like so O(1) lookup time with no if statements...

A better version now that handles nulls correct is here

https://github.com/deanhiller/webpieces/blob/master/webserver/http-router/src/main/java/org/webpieces/router/impl/params/ObjectTranslator.java

private Map, Function> classToUnmarshaller = new HashMap<>();
private Map, Function> classToMarshaller = new HashMap<>();

public ObjectTranslator() {
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Boolean.class, s -> s == null ? null : Boolean.parseBoolean(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Boolean.TYPE, s -> Boolean.parseBoolean(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Byte.class, s -> s == null ? null : Byte.parseByte(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Byte.TYPE, s -> Byte.parseByte(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Short.class, s -> s == null ? null : Short.parseShort(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Short.TYPE, s -> Short.parseShort(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Integer.class, s -> s == null ? null : Integer.parseInt(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Integer.TYPE, s -> Integer.parseInt(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Long.class, s -> s == null ? null : Long.parseLong(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Long.TYPE, s -> Long.parseLong(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Float.class, s -> s == null ? null : Float.parseFloat(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Float.TYPE, s -> Float.parseFloat(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Double.class, s -> s == null ? null : Double.parseDouble(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(Double.TYPE, s -> Double.parseDouble(s));
    classToUnmarshaller.put(String.class, s -> s);

    classToMarshaller.put(Boolean.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Boolean.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Byte.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Byte.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Short.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Short.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Integer.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Integer.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Long.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Long.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Float.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Float.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Double.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(Double.TYPE, s -> s.toString());
    classToMarshaller.put(String.class, s -> s == null ? null : s.toString());
}

public Function getUnmarshaller(Class paramTypeToCreate) {
    return classToUnmarshaller.get(paramTypeToCreate);
}

public Function getMarshaller(Class type) {
    return classToMarshaller.get(type);
}

such that you can then call

primitiveTranslator.getConverter(Integer.TYPE).apply(stringToConvert);