in core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/conversion/impl/DefaultTypeConverter.java [109:151]
public Object convertValue(Object value, Class toType) {
Object result = null;
if (value != null) {
/* If array -> array then convert components of array individually */
if (value.getClass().isArray() && toType.isArray()) {
final Class<?> componentType = toType.getComponentType();
result = Array.newInstance(componentType, Array.getLength(value));
for (int i = 0, icount = Array.getLength(value); i < icount; i++) {
Array.set(result, i, convertValue(Array.get(value, i), componentType));
}
} else {
if ((toType == Integer.class) || (toType == Integer.TYPE))
result = (int) longValue(value);
if ((toType == Double.class) || (toType == Double.TYPE))
result = doubleValue(value);
if ((toType == Boolean.class) || (toType == Boolean.TYPE))
result = booleanValue(value) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
if ((toType == Byte.class) || (toType == Byte.TYPE))
result = (byte) longValue(value);
if ((toType == Character.class) || (toType == Character.TYPE))
result = (char) longValue(value);
if ((toType == Short.class) || (toType == Short.TYPE))
result = (short) longValue(value);
if ((toType == Long.class) || (toType == Long.TYPE))
result = longValue(value);
if ((toType == Float.class) || (toType == Float.TYPE))
result = (float) doubleValue(value);
if (toType == BigInteger.class)
result = bigIntValue(value);
if (toType == BigDecimal.class)
result = bigDecValue(value);
if (toType == String.class)
result = stringValue(value);
if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(toType))
result = enumValue(toType, value);
}
} else {
result = baseTypeDefaults.get(toType);
}
return result;
}