org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters
Class CharacterArrayConverter

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter
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        +--org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.CharacterArrayConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public final class CharacterArrayConverter

extends AbstractArrayConverter

Standard Converter implementation that converts an incoming String into a primitive array of char. On a conversion failure, returns a specified default value or throws a ConversionException depending on how this instance is constructed.

Since:

1.4

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:34 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

private static char[]

model Model object for type comparisons.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter

defaultValue, strings, useDefault

Constructor Summary

CharacterArrayConverter()
Create a Converter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

CharacterArrayConverter(java.lang.Object defaultValue)
Create a Converter that will return the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

convert(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.Object value) Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter

parseElements

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

model

private static char[] model

Model object for type comparisons.

Constructor Detail

CharacterArrayConverter

public CharacterArrayConverter()

Create a Converter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

CharacterArrayConverter

public CharacterArrayConverter(java.lang.Object defaultValue)

Create a Converter that will return the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.

Parameters:

defaultValue - The default value to be returned

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Class type,
                                java.lang.Object value)

Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter

Specified by:

convert in class AbstractArrayConverter

Parameters:

type - Data type to which this value should be converted

value - The input value to be converted

Throws:

ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully