public static Object parseType()

in clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/ConfigDef.java [690:780]


    public static Object parseType(String name, Object value, Type type) {
        try {
            if (value == null) return null;

            String trimmed = null;
            if (value instanceof String)
                trimmed = ((String) value).trim();

            switch (type) {
                case BOOLEAN:
                    if (value instanceof String) {
                        if (trimmed.equalsIgnoreCase("true"))
                            return true;
                        else if (trimmed.equalsIgnoreCase("false"))
                            return false;
                        else
                            throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be either true or false");
                    } else if (value instanceof Boolean)
                        return value;
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be either true or false");
                case PASSWORD:
                    if (value instanceof Password)
                        return value;
                    else if (value instanceof String)
                        return new Password(trimmed);
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a string, but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                case STRING:
                    if (value instanceof String)
                        return trimmed;
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a string, but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                case INT:
                    if (value instanceof Integer) {
                        return value;
                    } else if (value instanceof String) {
                        return Integer.parseInt(trimmed);
                    } else {
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a 32-bit integer, but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                    }
                case SHORT:
                    if (value instanceof Short) {
                        return value;
                    } else if (value instanceof String) {
                        return Short.parseShort(trimmed);
                    } else {
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a 16-bit integer (short), but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                    }
                case LONG:
                    if (value instanceof Integer)
                        return ((Integer) value).longValue();
                    if (value instanceof Long)
                        return value;
                    else if (value instanceof String)
                        return Long.parseLong(trimmed);
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a 64-bit integer (long), but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                case DOUBLE:
                    if (value instanceof Number)
                        return ((Number) value).doubleValue();
                    else if (value instanceof String)
                        return Double.parseDouble(trimmed);
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected value to be a double, but it was a " + value.getClass().getName());
                case LIST:
                    if (value instanceof List)
                        return value;
                    else if (value instanceof String)
                        if (trimmed.isEmpty())
                            return Collections.emptyList();
                        else
                            return Arrays.asList(COMMA_WITH_WHITESPACE.split(trimmed, -1));
                    else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected a comma separated list.");
                case CLASS:
                    if (value instanceof Class)
                        return value;
                    else if (value instanceof String) {
                        return Utils.loadClass(trimmed, Object.class);
                    } else
                        throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Expected a Class instance or class name.");
                default:
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown type.");
            }
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Not a number of type " + type);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new ConfigException(name, value, "Class " + value + " could not be found.");
        }
    }