org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters
Class CharacterConverter

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.CharacterConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public final class CharacterConverter

extends java.lang.Object

implements Converter

Standard Converter implementation that converts an incoming String into a java.lang.Character object, optionally using a default value or throwing a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

Since:

1.3

Version:

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

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

private java.lang.Object	defaultValue The default value specified to our Constructor, if any.
private boolean	useDefault Should we return the default value on conversion errors?

Constructor Summary

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

CharacterConverter(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 java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defaultValue

private java.lang.Object defaultValue

The default value specified to our Constructor, if any.

useDefault

private boolean useDefault

Should we return the default value on conversion errors?

Constructor Detail

CharacterConverter

public CharacterConverter()

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

CharacterConverter

public CharacterConverter(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

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