Author: jstrachan
Date: Mon Oct  8 09:21:23 2007
New Revision: 582864

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=582864&view=rev
Log:
added a few helper methods

Modified:
    activemq/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/CamelContextHelper.java

Modified: activemq/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/CamelContextHelper.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/activemq/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/CamelContextHelper.java?rev=582864&r1=582863&r2=582864&view=diff
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--- activemq/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/CamelContextHelper.java (original)
+++ activemq/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/CamelContextHelper.java Mon Oct  8 09:21:23 2007
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
 import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
 import org.apache.camel.NoSuchEndpointException;
+import static org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper.notNull;
 
 /**
  * A number of helper methods
@@ -49,6 +50,25 @@
         } else {
             return endpoint;
         }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the given value to the requested type
+     */
+    public static <T> T convertTo(CamelContext context, Class<T> type, Object value) {
+        notNull(context, "camelContext");
+        return context.getTypeConverter().convertTo(type, value);
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the given value to the specified type throwing an {@link IllegalArgumentException}
+     * if the value could not be converted to a non null value
+     */
+    public static <T> T mandatoryConvertTo(CamelContext context, Class<T> type, Object value) {
+        T answer = convertTo(context, type, value);
+        if (answer == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value " + value + " converted to " + type.getName() + " cannot be null");
+        }
+        return answer;
     }
 }