org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class StringTrimmerEditor

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class StringTrimmerEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Property editor that trims Strings.

Optionally allows transforming 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)

Constructor Summary

StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)
Create a new StringTrimmerEditor instance.

StringTrimmerEditor(String charsToDelete, boolean emptyAsNull)
Create a new StringTrimmerEditor 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

StringTrimmerEditor

public StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)

Create a new StringTrimmerEditor instance.

Parameters:

emptyAsNull - true if an empty string is to be transformed into null

StringTrimmerEditor

public StringTrimmerEditor(String charsToDelete,
                           boolean emptyAsNull)

Create a new StringTrimmerEditor instance.

Parameters:

charsToDelete - a set of characters to delete, in addition to trimming an input String. Useful for deleting unwanted line breaks. E.g. "\r\n\f" will delete all new lines and line feeds in a String.

emptyAsNull - true if an empty string is to be transformed into null

Method Detail

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

getAsText

public String getAsText()

Specified by:

getAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport