public void process()

in core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/conversion/impl/DefaultConversionAnnotationProcessor.java [56:117]


    public void process(Map<String, Object> mapping, TypeConversion tc, String key) {
        LOG.debug("TypeConversion [{}/{}] with key: [{}]", tc.converter(), tc.converterClass(), key);
        if (key == null) {
            return;
        }
        try {
            if (tc.type() == ConversionType.APPLICATION) {
                if (StringUtils.isNoneEmpty(tc.converter())) {
                    converterHolder.addDefaultMapping(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converter()));
                } else {
                    converterHolder.addDefaultMapping(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converterClass()));
                }
            } else {
                if (tc.rule() == ConversionRule.KEY_PROPERTY || tc.rule() == ConversionRule.CREATE_IF_NULL) {
                    mapping.put(key, tc.value());
                }
                //for properties of classes
                else if (tc.rule() != ConversionRule.ELEMENT && tc.rule() != ConversionRule.KEY && tc.rule() != ConversionRule.COLLECTION) {
                    if (StringUtils.isNoneEmpty(tc.converter())) {
                        mapping.put(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converter()));
                    } else {
                        mapping.put(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converterClass()));
                    }
                }
                //for keys of Maps
                else if (tc.rule() == ConversionRule.KEY) {
                    Class<?> converterClass;
                    if (StringUtils.isNoneEmpty(tc.converter())) {
                        converterClass = ClassLoaderUtil.loadClass(tc.converter(), this.getClass());
                    } else {
                        converterClass = tc.converterClass();
                    }

                    LOG.debug("Converter class: [{}]", converterClass);

                    //check if the converter is a type converter if it is one
                    //then just put it in the map as is. Otherwise
                    //put a value in for the type converter of the class
                    if (converterClass.isAssignableFrom(TypeConverter.class)) {
                        if (StringUtils.isNoneEmpty(tc.converter())) {
                            mapping.put(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converter()));
                        } else {
                            mapping.put(key, converterCreator.createTypeConverter(tc.converterClass()));
                        }
                    } else {
                        mapping.put(key, converterClass);
                        LOG.debug("Object placed in mapping for key [{}] is [{}]", key, mapping.get(key));
                    }
                }
                //elements(values) of maps / lists
                else {
                    if (StringUtils.isNoneEmpty(tc.converter())) {
                        mapping.put(key, ClassLoaderUtil.loadClass(tc.converter(), this.getClass()));
                    } else {
                        mapping.put(key, tc.converterClass());
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.debug("Got exception for {}", key, e);
        }
    }