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-/*
- * Copyright 2004-2007 the original author or authors.
- * 
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.binding.convert.support;
-
-import org.springframework.binding.convert.ConversionContext;
-import org.springframework.binding.expression.Expression;
-import org.springframework.binding.expression.ExpressionParser;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-/**
- * Converter that converts a String into an Expression object.
- * 
- * @see org.springframework.binding.expression.Expression
- * 
- * @author Erwin Vervaet
- */
-public class TextToExpression extends AbstractConverter {
-
-	/**
-	 * The expression string parser.
-	 */
-	private ExpressionParser expressionParser;
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates a new string-to-expression converter.
-	 * @param expressionParser the expression string parser
-	 */
-	public TextToExpression(ExpressionParser expressionParser) {
-		Assert.notNull(expressionParser, "The expression parser is required");
-		this.expressionParser = expressionParser;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the expression parser used by this converter.
-	 */
-	public ExpressionParser getExpressionParser() {
-		return expressionParser;
-	}
-
-	public Class[] getSourceClasses() {
-		return new Class[] { String.class };
-	}
-
-	public Class[] getTargetClasses() {
-		return new Class[] { Expression.class };
-	}
-
-	protected Object doConvert(Object source, Class targetClass, ConversionContext context) throws Exception {
-		String expressionString = (String) source;
-		return expressionParser.parseExpression(expressionString, null);
-	}
-}
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