protected String convertToString(Object value) throws Throwable {
  int size=0;
  Iterator iterator=null;
  Class type=value.getClass();
  if (type.isArray()) {
    size=Array.getLength(value);
  }
 else {
    Collection collection=convertToCollection(type,value);
    size=collection.size();
    iterator=collection.iterator();
  }
  if (size == 0) {
    return (String)getDefault(String.class);
  }
  if (onlyFirstToString) {
    size=1;
  }
  StringBuffer buffer=new StringBuffer();
  for (int i=0; i < size; i++) {
    if (i > 0) {
      buffer.append(delimiter);
    }
    Object element=iterator == null ? Array.get(value,i) : iterator.next();
    element=elementConverter.convert(String.class,element);
    if (element != null) {
      buffer.append(element);
    }
  }
  return buffer.toString();
}

protected String convertToString ( Object value ) throws Throwable { int size = 0 ; Iterator iterator = null ; Class type = value . getClass ( ) ; if ( type . isArray ( ) ) { size = Array . getLength ( value ) ; } else { Collection collection = convertToCollection ( type , value ) ; size = collection . size ( ) ; iterator = collection . iterator ( ) ; } if ( size == 0 ) { return ( String ) getDefault ( String . class ) ; } if ( onlyFirstToString ) { size = 1 ; } StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer ( ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < size ; i ++ ) { if ( i > 0 ) { buffer . append ( delimiter ) ; } Object element = iterator == null ? Array . get ( value , i ) : iterator . next ( ) ; element = elementConverter . convert ( String . class , element ) ; if ( element != null ) { buffer . append ( element ) ; } } return buffer . toString ( ) ; }
handles conversion to a string .
