public static String getStringValue()

in myfaces-html5-core/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/html5/renderkit/util/RendererUtils.java [196:271]
62 lines of code
17 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public static String getStringValue(FacesContext facesContext,
                                        UIComponent component)
    {
        try
        {
            if (!(component instanceof ValueHolder))
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Component : " + DebugUtils.getPathToComponent(component)+"is not a ValueHolder");
            }

            if (component instanceof EditableValueHolder)
            {
                Object submittedValue = ((EditableValueHolder)component).getSubmittedValue();
                if (submittedValue != null)
                {
                        if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) log.fine("returning 1 '" + submittedValue + "'");
                        return submittedValue.toString();
                }
            }

            Object value;

            if(component instanceof EditableValueHolder) {

                EditableValueHolder holder = (EditableValueHolder) component;

                if(holder.isLocalValueSet()) {
                    value = holder.getLocalValue();
                } else {
                    value = getValue(component);
                }
            }
            else {
                value = getValue(component);
            }

            Converter converter = ((ValueHolder)component).getConverter();
            if (converter == null  && value != null)
            {

                try
                {
                    converter = facesContext.getApplication().createConverter(value.getClass());
                    if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) log.fine("the created converter is " + converter);
                }
                catch (FacesException e)
                {
                    log.log(Level.SEVERE, "No converter for class " + value.getClass().getName() + " found (component id=" + component.getId() + ").", e);
                    // converter stays null
                }
            }

            if (converter == null)
            {
                if (value == null)
                {
                    if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) log.fine("returning an empty string");
                    return "";
                }

                if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) log.fine("returning an .toString");
                return value.toString();

            }

            if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) log.fine("returning converter get as string " + converter);
            return converter.getAsString(facesContext, component, value);

        }
        catch(PropertyNotFoundException ex)
        {
            log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Property not found - called by component : "+DebugUtils.getPathToComponent(component),ex);

            throw ex;
        }
    }