org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class CharacterEditor

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      extended by org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CharacterEditor
All Implemented Interfaces:
PropertyEditor

public class CharacterEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Editor for a java.lang.Character, to populate a property of type Character or char from a String value.

Note that the JDK does not contain a default property editor for char! BeanWrapperImpl will register this editor by default.

Since:
1.2
Author:
Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop
See Also:
Character, BeanWrapperImpl

Constructor Summary
CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)
          Create a new CharacterEditor instance.
 
Method Summary
 String getAsText()
           
 void setAsText(String text)
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CharacterEditor

public CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)
Create a new CharacterEditor instance.

The "allowEmpty" parameter controls whether an empty String is to be allowed in parsing, i.e. be interpreted as the null value. Else, an IllegalArgumentException gets thrown in that case.

Parameters:
allowEmpty - if empty strings are to be allowed
Method Detail

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException
Specified by:
setAsText in interface PropertyEditor
Overrides:
setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException

getAsText

public String getAsText()
Specified by:
getAsText in interface PropertyEditor
Overrides:
getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport


Copyright (c) 2002-2007 The Spring Framework Project.