ExtensibilityConverter (Cumulocity SDK - Java Client API)

java.lang.Object
- com.cumulocity.model.util.ExtensibilityConverter

```
public class ExtensibilityConverter
extends Object
```
Converts between Java types and JSON according to the extensibility naming rules.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected ExtensibilityConverter(Duration cacheTimeout, ClassFinder classFinder)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Class`	`classFromExtensibilityString(String name)`	Converts the given name into a class using the extensibility rules where underscores ("_") are converted to dots (".").
`protected Class`	`classFromExtensibilityString2(String name)`
`static <T> String`	`classToStringRepresentation(Class<T> clazz)`	Returns a string representation of the canonical name of the given class but with dots (".") replaced with underscores ("_").
`protected com.google.common.cache.Cache<String,Class>`	`getFoundClasses()`
`static boolean`	`isConvertable(String name)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ExtensibilityConverter
```
protected ExtensibilityConverter(Duration cacheTimeout,
                                 ClassFinder classFinder)
```
- Method Detail
  - classFromExtensibilityString
```
public static Class classFromExtensibilityString(String name)
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException
```
    Converts the given name into a class using the extensibility rules where underscores ("_") are converted to dots ("."). For example:
    name = "com_cumulocity_model_idtype_Reference" would return the class com.cumulocity.mode.idtype.Reference
    
    Throws:
    
    ClassNotFoundException - if the name cannot be converted to a class using the extensibility rules
  - isConvertable
```
public static boolean isConvertable(String name)
```
  - classFromExtensibilityString2
```
protected Class classFromExtensibilityString2(String name)
                                       throws ClassNotFoundException
```
    Throws:
    
    ClassNotFoundException
  - classToStringRepresentation
```
public static <T> String classToStringRepresentation(Class<T> clazz)
```
    Returns a string representation of the canonical name of the given class but with dots (".") replaced with underscores ("_"). Useful for creating JSON property names from class names.
  - getFoundClasses
```
protected com.google.common.cache.Cache<String,Class> getFoundClasses()
```