Package org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors

Class CharacterEditor

java.lang.Object

java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CharacterEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class CharacterEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Editor for a 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.

Also supports conversion from a Unicode character sequence; for example, u0041 ('A').

Since:

1.2

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Rick Evans

See Also:

• Character
• BeanWrapperImpl

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)	Create a new CharacterEditor instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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 Details

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 when text is being converted. If false, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown at that time.

Parameters:

allowEmpty - if empty strings are to be allowed

Method Details

setAsText

public void setAsText(@Nullable
 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