org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class StringTrimmerEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.beans.PropertyEditor

public class StringTrimmerEditor

extends java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Property editor that trims Strings. Allows to transform an empty string into a null value. Needs to be explictly registered, e.g. for command binding.

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

DataBinder.registerCustomEditor(java.lang.Class, java.beans.PropertyEditor), BaseCommandController.initBinder(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestDataBinder), BindInitializer.initBinder(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestDataBinder)

Constructor Summary

StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)
Create a new instance.

Method Summary

void	setAsText(java.lang.String text)

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getAsText, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringTrimmerEditor

public StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)

Create a new instance.

Parameters:

emptyAsNull - whether to transform an empty string to null

Method Detail

setAsText

public void setAsText(java.lang.String text)
               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException