Object convertStaticValueToExpectedType ( String pValue , Class pExpectedType , Logger pLogger ) throws ELException { // See if the value is already of the expected type if ( pExpectedType == String . class || pExpectedType == Object . class ) { return pValue ; } // Find the cached value Map valueByString = getOrCreateExpectedTypeMap ( pExpectedType ) ; if ( ! mBypassCache && valueByString . containsKey ( pValue ) ) { return valueByString . get ( pValue ) ; } else { // Convert from a String Object ret = Coercions . coerce ( pValue , pExpectedType , pLogger ) ; valueByString . put ( pValue , ret ) ; return ret ; } }
Converts the given String specified as a static expression string to the given expected type . The conversion is cached .