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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;

import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;

/**
 * A factory for String to enum converters.
 *
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @since 3.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
final class StringToEnumConverterFactory implements ConverterFactory<String, Enum> {

	public <T extends Enum> Converter<String, T> getConverter(Class<T> targetType) {
		return new StringToEnum(targetType);
	}

	private class StringToEnum<T extends Enum> implements Converter<String, T> {

		private final Class<T> enumType;
		
		public StringToEnum(Class<T> enumType) {
			this.enumType = enumType;
		}

		public T convert(String source) {
			if ("".equals(source)) {
				// It's an empty enum identifier: reset the enum value to null.
				return null;
			}
			return (T) Enum.valueOf(this.enumType, source.trim());
		}
	}

}
