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package org.scijava.convert;

import org.scijava.Priority;
import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;
import org.scijava.util.Types;

/**
 * Minimal {@link Converter} implementation to do direct casting.
 *
 * @author Mark Hiner
 */
@Plugin(type = Converter.class, priority = Priority.EXTREMELY_HIGH)
public class CastingConverter extends AbstractConverter<Object, Object> {

	@Override
	public boolean canConvert(final Object src, final Class<?> dest) {
		return Types.isInstance(src, dest);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean canConvert(final Class<?> src, final Class<?> dest) {
		// OK if the existing object can be casted
		return dest != null && Types.isAssignable(src, dest);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Override
	public <T> T convert(final Object src, final Class<T> dest) {
		// NB: Regardless of whether the destination type is an array or
		// collection, we still want to cast directly if doing so is possible.
		// But note that in general, this check does not detect cases of
		// incompatible generic parameter types. If this limitation becomes a
		// problem in the future we can extend the logic here to provide
		// additional signatures of canCast which operate on Types in general
		// rather than only Classes. However, the logic could become complex
		// very quickly in various subclassing cases, generic parameters
		// resolved vs. propagated, etc.
		final Class<?> c = Types.raw(dest);
		return (T) Types.cast(src, c);
	}

	@Override
	public Class<Object> getOutputType() {
		return Object.class;
	}

	@Override
	public Class<Object> getInputType() {
		return Object.class;
	}
}
