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013package org.apache.juneau.transforms;
014
015import org.apache.juneau.*;
016import org.apache.juneau.transform.*;
017
018/**
019 * Transforms {@link Class} objects to and from {@link String Strings}.
020 */
021public class ClassSwap extends StringSwap<Class<?>> {
022
023   @Override /* PojoSwap */
024   public String swap(BeanSession session, Class<?> o) throws Exception {
025      return o == null ? null : o.getName();
026   }
027
028   @Override /* PojoSwap */
029   public Class<?> unswap(BeanSession session, String o, ClassMeta<?> hint) throws Exception {
030      return o == null ? null : Class.forName(o);
031   }
032}