Method Detail

• public static Character castToChar(Object object)

  Casts an object to a char value (Character wrapper).

  Accepts Character objects, Numbers (converted via intValue), or Strings of length 1.

  throws:

  GroovyCastException if the object cannot be converted to char

  Parameters:

  object - a Character, Number, or single-character String

  Returns:

  a Character with the coerced value, or null if input is null

• public static Class castToClass(Object object)

  Casts an object to a Class object.

  Accepts Class objects directly, or a string representation of a class name which is loaded via Class.forName.

  throws:

  GroovyCastException if the object is not a Class or valid class name

  Parameters:

  object - a Class object or string class name

  Returns:

  the Class object, or null if input is null

• public static Enum castToEnum(Object object, Class<? extends Enum> type)

  Casts an object to an Enum value of the specified type.

  Note: This method requires that the supplied enum is not fitting a Collection case for casting.

  Accepts Enum objects already of the correct type, or a String/GString representation of the enum constant name.

  throws:

  GroovyCastException if the object cannot be converted to the enum type

  Parameters:

  object - an enum value, or a string enum constant name

  type - the target enum class

  Returns:

  the Enum value, or null if input is null

• public static String castToString(Object object)

  Casts an object to a String representation.

  Arrays are converted using Arrays.toString format. Primitive arrays receive special handling to show element values. Other objects use their standard toString() method.

  Parameters:

  object - any object (may be null)

  Returns:

  string representation, or null if input is null