org.jboss.util.coerce
Class CharacterHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.util.coerce.CoercionHandler (src) 
      org.jboss.util.coerce.BoundCoercionHandler (src) 
          org.jboss.util.coerce.CharacterHandler

public class CharacterHandler

extends BoundCoercionHandler (src)

A Character coercion handler.

CharacterHandler

public CharacterHandler()

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Get the target class type for this CoercionHandler.

Specified by:

getType in class BoundCoercionHandler (src)

Returns:

Class type

coerce

public java.lang.Object coerce(java.lang.Object value,
                               java.lang.Class type)
                        throws CoercionException (src) 

Coerces the given value into the given type (which should be Character.class).

This currently only support coercion from a String.

Specified by:

coerce in class CoercionHandler (src)

Parameters:

value - Value to coerce

type - Character.class

Returns:

Value coerced into a Character

Throws:

CoercionException (src) - Failed to coerce

coerce

public java.lang.Object coerce(java.lang.String value)

Coerces the given string into a Character, by taking off the first index of the string and wrapping it.

Parameters:

value - String value to convert to a Character

Returns:

Character value or null if the string is empty.