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Commons Beanutils example source code file (CharacterConverter.java)

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The Commons Beanutils CharacterConverter.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;

/**
 * {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter} implementaion that handles conversion
 * to and from <b>java.lang.Character objects.
 * <p>
 * Can be configured to either return a <i>default value or throw a
 * <code>ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision: 690380 $ $Date: 2008-08-29 21:04:38 +0100 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008) $
 * @since 1.3
 */
public final class CharacterConverter extends AbstractConverter {

    /**
     * Construct a <b>java.lang.Character Converter that throws
     * a <code>ConversionException if an error occurs.
     */
    public CharacterConverter() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Construct a <b>java.lang.Character Converter that returns
     * a default value if an error occurs.
     *
     * @param defaultValue The default value to be returned
     * if the value to be converted is missing or an error
     * occurs converting the value.
     */
    public CharacterConverter(Object defaultValue) {
        super(defaultValue);
    }

    /**
     * Return the default type this <code>Converter handles.
     *
     * @return The default type this <code>Converter handles.
     * @since 1.8.0
     */
    protected Class getDefaultType() {
        return Character.class;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Convert a java.lang.Class or object into a String.

* * @param value The input value to be converted * @return the converted String value. * @since 1.8.0 */ protected String convertToString(Object value) { String strValue = value.toString(); return strValue.length() == 0 ? "" : strValue.substring(0, 1); } /** * <p>Convert the input object into a java.lang.Character.

* * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted. * @param value The input value to be converted. * @return The converted value. * @throws Exception if conversion cannot be performed successfully * @since 1.8.0 */ protected Object convertToType(Class type, Object value) throws Exception { return new Character(value.toString().charAt(0)); } }

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