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Class ConvertUtils</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>ConvertUtils</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
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Provides utilities to convert an object into a different kind of Object. For example, convert a
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Utility function to convert an Object to some desired Class.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This method should return true if the convert method will succeed.</TD>
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ConvertUtils</H3>
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<DD>This method should return true if the convert method will succeed.
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Note that any changes to isConvertable() must also be accompanied by similar changes to
convert()
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convert</H3>
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public static <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>convert</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>&nbsp;arg,
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<DD>Utility function to convert an Object to some desired Class.
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Normally this is used for T[] to List<T> processing. Other conversions are also done (i.e.
HashMap <->Hashtable, etc.)
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Use the isConvertable() method to determine if conversion is possible. Note that any changes
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