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017package org.apache.juneau.swaps;
018
019import org.apache.juneau.*;
020import org.apache.juneau.swap.*;
021
022/**
023 * Transforms {@link Class} objects to and from {@link String Strings}.
024 *
025 * <h5 class='section'>See Also:</h5><ul>
026 *    <li class='link'><a class="doclink" href="https://juneau.apache.org/docs/topics/SwapBasics">Swap Basics</a>
027 * </ul>
028 */
029public class ClassSwap extends StringSwap<Class<?>> {
030
031   @Override /* ObjectSwap */
032   public String swap(BeanSession session, Class<?> o) throws Exception {
033      return o == null ? null : o.getName();
034   }
035
036   @Override /* ObjectSwap */
037   public Class<?> unswap(BeanSession session, String o, ClassMeta<?> hint) throws Exception {
038      return o == null ? null : Class.forName(o);
039   }
040}