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    017package org.apache.commons.beanutils;
    018
    019/**
    020 * <p>{@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation that creates a
    021 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean2} and delegates conversion to
    022 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)}.
    023 * </p>
    024 *
    025 * <p>
    026 * To configure this implementation for the current context ClassLoader invoke
    027 * <code>BeanUtilsBean.setInstance(new BeanUtilsBean2());</code>
    028 * </p>
    029 *
    030 * <p>
    031 * BeanUtils 1.7.0 delegated all conversion to String to the converter
    032 * registered for the <code>String.class</code>. One of the improvements in
    033 * BeanUtils 1.8.0 was to upgrade the {@link Converter} implementations so
    034 * that they could handle conversion to String for their type (e.g.
    035 * IntegerConverter now handles conversion from an Integer to a String as
    036 * well as String to Integer).
    037 * </p>
    038 *
    039 * <p>
    040 * In order to take advantage of these improvements BeanUtils needs to change
    041 * how it gets the appropriate {@link Converter}. This functionality has been
    042 * implemented in the new {@link ConvertUtilsBean#lookup(Class, Class)} and
    043 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean#convert(Object, Class)} methods. However changing
    044 * {@link BeanUtilsBean} to use these methods could create compatibility
    045 * issues for existing users. In order to avoid that, this new
    046 * {@link BeanUtilsBean} implementation has been created (and the associated
    047 * {@link ConvertUtilsBean2}).
    048 * </p>
    049 *
    050 * @see ConvertUtilsBean2
    051 * @version $Id$
    052 * @since 1.8.0
    053 */
    054public class BeanUtilsBean2 extends BeanUtilsBean {
    055
    056    /**
    057     * <p>Constructs an instance using new property
    058     * and conversion instances.</p>
    059     */
    060    public BeanUtilsBean2() {
    061        super(new ConvertUtilsBean2());
    062    }
    063
    064    /**
    065     * <p>Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if
    066     * possible).</p>
    067     *
    068     * @param value Value to be converted (may be null)
    069     * @param type Class of the value to be converted to
    070     * @return The converted value
    071     */
    072    @Override
    073    protected Object convert(final Object value, final Class<?> type) {
    074        return getConvertUtils().convert(value, type);
    075    }
    076}