Remove unused

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.getPrimitiveType(Class) in
favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.wrapperToPrimitive(Class)

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(Class, String, Object[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(Class, String, Object[], Class[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.toNonPrimitiveClass(Class) in favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(Class).</action>
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.getPrimitiveType(Class) in favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.wrapperToPrimitive(Class).</action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.0.0-M2" date="2025-05-25" description="This is a major release and requires Java 8.">
       <!-- FIX -->

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/MethodUtils.java

@@ -521,45 +521,6 @@ private static float getObjectTransformationCost(Class<?> srcClass, final Class<
         return cost;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the class for the primitive type corresponding to the primitive wrapper class given. For example, an instance of
-     * {@code Boolean.class</code> returns a <code>boolean.class}.
-     *
-     * @param wrapperType the
-     * @return the primitive type class corresponding to the given wrapper class, null if no match is found
-     */
-    public static Class<?> getPrimitiveType(final Class<?> wrapperType) {
-        // does anyone know a better strategy than comparing names?
-        if (Boolean.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return boolean.class;
-        }
-        if (Float.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return float.class;
-        }
-        if (Long.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return long.class;
-        }
-        if (Integer.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return int.class;
-        }
-        if (Short.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return short.class;
-        }
-        if (Byte.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return byte.class;
-        }
-        if (Double.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return double.class;
-        }
-        if (Character.class.equals(wrapperType)) {
-            return char.class;
-        }
-        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOG.debug("Not a known primitive wrapper class: " + wrapperType);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the wrapper object class for the given primitive type class. For example, passing {@code boolean.class</code> returns <code>Boolean.class}
      *