Method fromValue

src/main/java/fieldbox/io/Raft.java:202–224

(Dict.Prop<T> key, Object value, Function<String, Box> alias, Predicate<Node> load)

    Pattern extractClass = Pattern.compile("%%(.*?)%%(.*)", Pattern.DOTALL);

    private <T> T fromValue(Dict.Prop<T> key, Object value, Function<String, Box> alias, Predicate<Node> load) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        if (value == null) return null;

        if (value instanceof String) {
            if (((String) value).startsWith("%%")) {
                Matcher m = extractClass.matcher(((String) value));
                m.find();
                String className = m.group(1);
                String content = m.group(2);

                return (T) fromValue(key, className, content, alias, load);
            }
        }

        if (value instanceof Node) {
            // consider this a little...
            Log.log("error.raft", () -> "cannot deserialize box reference");
            return null;
//            return (T) _loadBox((String) ((Node) value).getProperty("uid"), alias, load);
        }

        return (T) value;
    }