made ConversionExecutor internal; removed other unused operations from public SPI

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConversionService.java

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert;
 
 /**
- * A service interface for type conversion. This is the entry point into the convert system. Call one of the
+ * A service interface for type conversion. This is the entry point into the convert system.
- * <i>executeConversion</i> operations to perform a thread-safe type conversion using
+ * <p>
- * this system. Call one of the <i>getConversionExecutor</i> operations to obtain
+ * Call {@link #executeConversion(Object, TypeDescriptor)} to perform a thread-safe type conversion using
- * a thread-safe {@link ConversionExecutor} command for later use.
+ * this system.
  * 
  * @author Keith Donald
  */
@@ -28,47 +28,21 @@ public interface ConversionService {
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if objects of sourceType can be converted to targetType.
 	 * @param source the source to convert from (may be null)
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
+	 * @param targetType context about the target type to convert to
 	 * @return true if a conversion can be performed, false if not
 	 */
 	public boolean canConvert(Class<?> sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType);
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns true if the source can be converted to targetType.
-	 * @param source the source to convert from (may be null)
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
-	 * @return true if a conversion can be performed, false if not
-	 */
-	public boolean canConvert(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType);
-	
 	/**
 	 * Convert the source to targetType.
 	 * @param source the source to convert from (may be null)
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to
+	 * @param targetType context about the target type to convert to
-	 * @return the converted object, an instance of the <code>targetType</code>, or <code>null</code> if a null source
+	 * @return the converted object, an instance of {@link TypeDescriptor#getType()}</code>, or <code>null</code> if a null source
 	 * was provided
-	 * @throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException if no suitable conversion executor could be found to convert the
+	 * @throws ConverterNotFoundException if no suitable conversion executor could be found to convert the
 	 * source to an instance of targetType
 	 * @throws ConversionException if an exception occurred during the conversion process
 	 */
-	public Object executeConversion(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType) throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException,
+	public Object executeConversion(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType);
-			ConversionException;
-
-	/**
-	 * Get a ConversionExecutor that converts objects from sourceType to targetType.
-	 * The returned ConversionExecutor is thread-safe and may safely be cached for later use by client code.
-	 * @param sourceType the source type to convert from (required)
-	 * @param targetType the target type to convert to (required)
-	 * @return the executor that can execute instance type conversion, never null
-	 * @throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException when no suitable conversion executor could be found
-	 */
-	public ConversionExecutor getConversionExecutor(Class<?> sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType)
-			throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException;
-
-	/**
-	 * Get a type by its name; may be the fully-qualified class name or a registered type alias such as 'int'.
-	 * @return the class, or <code>null</code> if no such name exists
-	 */
-	public Class<?> getType(String name);
 
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConverterNotFoundException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.core.convert;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when a conversion executor could not be found in a conversion service.
+ * 
+ * @author Keith Donald
+ */
+public class ConverterNotFoundException extends ConversionException {
+
+	private Class<?> sourceType;
+
+	private TypeDescriptor targetType;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new conversion executor not found exception.
+	 * @param sourceType the source type requested to convert from
+	 * @param targetType the target type requested to convert to
+	 * @param message a descriptive message
+	 */
+	public ConverterNotFoundException(Class<?> sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, String message) {
+		super(message);
+		this.sourceType = sourceType;
+		this.targetType = targetType;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the source type that was requested to convert from.
+	 */
+	public Class<?> getSourceType() {
+		return sourceType;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the target type that was requested to convert to.
+	 */
+	public TypeDescriptor getTargetType() {
+		return targetType;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/AbstractCollectionConverter.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
  */
 abstract class AbstractCollectionConverter implements ConversionExecutor {
 
-	private ConversionService conversionService;
+	private GenericConversionService conversionService;
 
 	private ConversionExecutor elementConverter;
 	
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCollectionConverter implements ConversionExecutor {
 	
 	private TypeDescriptor targetCollectionType;
 	
-	public AbstractCollectionConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceCollectionType, TypeDescriptor targetCollectionType, ConversionService conversionService) {
+	public AbstractCollectionConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceCollectionType, TypeDescriptor targetCollectionType, GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 		this.sourceCollectionType = sourceCollectionType;
 		this.targetCollectionType = targetCollectionType;
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCollectionConverter implements ConversionExecutor {
 		return targetCollectionType.getElementType();
 	}
 
-	protected ConversionService getConversionService() {
+	protected GenericConversionService getConversionService() {
 		return conversionService;
 	}
 

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/ArrayToCollection.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
 /**

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/CollectionToArray.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
 /**

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/CollectionToCollection.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
 /**

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/ConversionExecutor.java

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.springframework.core.convert;
+package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
 
 /**
  * A command parameterized with the information necessary to perform a conversion of a source input to a
@@ -29,6 +31,6 @@ public interface ConversionExecutor {
 	 * @param source the source to convert
 	 * @throws ConversionExecutionException if an exception occurs during type conversion
 	 */
-	public Object execute(Object source) throws ConversionExecutionException;
+	public Object execute(Object source);
 
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/DefaultConversionService.java

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public class DefaultConversionService extends GenericConversionService {
 	 */
 	public DefaultConversionService() {
 		addDefaultConverters();
-		addDefaultAliases();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -73,21 +72,4 @@ public class DefaultConversionService extends GenericConversionService {
 		addConverter(new ObjectToString());
 	}
 
-	protected void addDefaultAliases() {
-		addAlias("string", String.class);
-		addAlias("byte", Byte.class);
-		addAlias("boolean", Boolean.class);
-		addAlias("char", Character.class);
-		addAlias("short", Short.class);
-		addAlias("int", Integer.class);
-		addAlias("long", Long.class);
-		addAlias("float", Float.class);
-		addAlias("double", Double.class);
-		addAlias("bigInt", BigInteger.class);
-		addAlias("bigDecimal", BigDecimal.class);
-		addAlias("locale", Locale.class);
-		addAlias("enum", Enum.class);
-		addAlias("date", Date.class);
-	}
-
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/GenericConversionService.java

@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutorNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterInfo;
@@ -61,11 +59,6 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService {
 	 */
 	private final Map sourceTypeSuperConverters = new HashMap();
 
-	/**
-	 * Indexes classes by well-known aliases.
-	 */
-	private final Map aliasMap = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>();
-
 	/**
 	 * An optional parent conversion service.
 	 */
@@ -132,48 +125,41 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService {
 		return new SuperTwoWayConverterConverter(converter, sourceType, targetType);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add a convenient alias for the target type. {@link #getType(String)} can then be used to lookup the type given
-	 * the alias.
-	 * @see #getType(String)
-	 */
-	public void addAlias(String alias, Class targetType) {
-		aliasMap.put(alias, targetType);
-	}
-
 	// implementing ConversionService
 
 	public boolean canConvert(Class<?> sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-		try {
+		ConversionExecutor executor = getConversionExecutor(sourceType, targetType);
-			getConversionExecutor(sourceType, targetType);
+		if (executor != null) {
 			return true;
-		} catch (ConversionExecutorNotFoundException e) {
+		} else {
-			return false;
+			if (parent != null) {
+				return parent.canConvert(sourceType, targetType);
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	public boolean canConvert(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
+	public Object executeConversion(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-		if (source == null) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		try {
-			getConversionExecutor(source.getClass(), targetType);
-			return true;
-		} catch (ConversionExecutorNotFoundException e) {
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public Object executeConversion(Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType)
-			throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException, ConversionException {
 		if (source == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		return getConversionExecutor(source.getClass(), targetType).execute(source);
+		ConversionExecutor executor = getConversionExecutor(source.getClass(), targetType);
+		if (executor != null) {
+			return executor.execute(source);
+		} else {
+			if (parent != null) {
+				return parent.executeConversion(source, targetType);
+			} else {
+				throw new ConverterNotFoundException(source.getClass(), targetType,
+						"No converter found that can convert from sourceType [" + source.getClass().getName()
+								+ "] to targetType [" + targetType.getName() + "]");
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	public ConversionExecutor getConversionExecutor(Class sourceClass, TypeDescriptor targetType)
+	ConversionExecutor getConversionExecutor(Class sourceClass, TypeDescriptor targetType)
-			throws ConversionExecutorNotFoundException {
+			throws ConverterNotFoundException {
 		Assert.notNull(sourceClass, "The sourceType to convert from is required");
 		Assert.notNull(targetType, "The targetType to convert to is required");
 		TypeDescriptor sourceType = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(sourceClass);
@@ -193,21 +179,21 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService {
 			if (sourceType.isCollection()) {
 				return new CollectionToArray(sourceType, targetType, this);
 			} else {
-				throw new ConversionExecutorNotFoundException(sourceType, targetType, "Object to Array conversion not yet supported");
+				return null;
 			}
 		}
 		if (sourceType.isCollection()) {
 			if (targetType.isCollection()) {
 				return new CollectionToCollection(sourceType, targetType, this);
 			} else {
-				throw new ConversionExecutorNotFoundException(sourceType, targetType, "Object to Collection conversion not yet supported");
+				return null;
 			}
 		}
 		if (sourceType.isMap()) {
 			if (targetType.isMap()) {
 				return new MapToMap(sourceType, targetType, this);
 			} else {
-				throw new ConversionExecutorNotFoundException(sourceType, targetType, "Object to Map conversion not yet supported");
+				return null;
 			}
 		}
 		Converter converter = findRegisteredConverter(sourceClass, targetType.getType());
@@ -217,28 +203,10 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConversionService {
 			SuperConverter superConverter = findRegisteredSuperConverter(sourceClass, targetType.getType());
 			if (superConverter != null) {
 				return new StaticSuperConversionExecutor(sourceType, targetType, superConverter);
-			}
-			if (parent != null) {
-				return parent.getConversionExecutor(sourceClass, targetType);
 			} else {
 				if (sourceType.isAssignableTo(targetType)) {
 					return new StaticConversionExecutor(sourceType, targetType, NoOpConverter.INSTANCE);
 				}
-				throw new ConversionExecutorNotFoundException(sourceType, targetType,
-						"No ConversionExecutor found for converting from sourceType [" + sourceType.getName()
-								+ "] to targetType [" + targetType.getName() + "]");
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	public Class getType(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		Class clazz = (Class) aliasMap.get(name);
-		if (clazz != null) {
-			return clazz;
-		} else {
-			if (parent != null) {
-				return parent.getType(name);
-			} else {
 				return null;
 			}
 		}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/MapToMap.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class MapToMap implements ConversionExecutor {
 
 	private TypeDescriptor targetType;
 
-	private ConversionService conversionService;
+	private GenericConversionService conversionService;
 
 	private EntryConverter entryConverter;
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class MapToMap implements ConversionExecutor {
 	 * @param targetType the target map type
 	 * @param conversionService the conversion service
 	 */
-	public MapToMap(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, ConversionService conversionService) {
+	public MapToMap(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 		this.sourceType = sourceType;
 		this.targetType = targetType;
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/NoOpConversionExecutor.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 
 /**
  * Conversion executor that does nothing.  Access singleton at {@link #INSTANCE}.s

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/StaticConversionExecutor.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/StaticSuperConversionExecutor.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.core.convert.service;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.SuperConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;

org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/service/GenericConversionServiceTests.java

@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutorNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.NumberToNumber;
@@ -84,9 +83,9 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	@Test
 	public void convertExecutorNotFound() {
 		try {
-			service.getConversionExecutor(String.class, type(Integer.class));
+			service.executeConversion("3", type(Integer.class));
 			fail("Should have thrown an exception");
-		} catch (ConversionExecutorNotFoundException e) {
+		} catch (ConverterNotFoundException e) {
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -161,9 +160,9 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 			}
 		});
 		try {
-			ConversionExecutor executor = service.getConversionExecutor(String.class, type(Integer.class));
+			service.executeConversion("3", type(Integer.class));
 			fail("Should have failed");
-		} catch (ConversionExecutorNotFoundException e) {
+		} catch (ConverterNotFoundException e) {
 
 		}
 	}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/StandardTypeConverter.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.expression.spel.support;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutorNotFoundException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.service.DefaultConversionService;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class StandardTypeConverter implements TypeConverter {
 	public Object convertValue(Object value, TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor) throws EvaluationException {
 		try {
 			return conversionService.executeConversion(value, typeDescriptor);
-		} catch (ConversionExecutorNotFoundException cenfe) {
+		} catch (ConverterNotFoundException cenfe) {
 			throw new SpelException(cenfe, SpelMessages.TYPE_CONVERSION_ERROR, value.getClass(), typeDescriptor.asString());
 		} catch (ConversionException ce) {
 			throw new SpelException(ce, SpelMessages.TYPE_CONVERSION_ERROR, value.getClass(), typeDescriptor.asString());

org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionTestsUsingCoreConversionService.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.expression.spel;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionExecutor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.service.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.service.GenericConversionService;
@@ -65,17 +64,14 @@ public class ExpressionTestsUsingCoreConversionService extends ExpressionTestCas
 		// ArrayList containing List<Integer> to List<String>
 		Class<?> clazz = typeDescriptorForListOfString.getElementType();
 		assertEquals(String.class,clazz);
-		ConversionExecutor executor = tcs.getConversionExecutor(ArrayList.class, typeDescriptorForListOfString);
+		List l = (List) tcs.executeConversion(listOfInteger, typeDescriptorForListOfString);
-		assertNotNull(executor);
-		List l = (List)executor.execute(listOfInteger);
 		assertNotNull(l); 
 
 		// ArrayList containing List<String> to List<Integer>
 		clazz = typeDescriptorForListOfInteger.getElementType();
 		assertEquals(Integer.class,clazz);
-		executor = tcs.getConversionExecutor(ArrayList.class, typeDescriptorForListOfInteger);
+		
-		assertNotNull(executor);
+		l = (List) tcs.executeConversion(listOfString, typeDescriptorForListOfString);
-		l = (List)executor.execute(listOfString);
 		assertNotNull(l);
 	}