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);
}
}