org.beanio.types

Class CharacterTypeHandler

java.lang.Object

org.beanio.types.CharacterTypeHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeHandler

public class CharacterTypeHandler
extends Object
implements TypeHandler

A type handler for the Character class. A TypeConversionException is thrown if the input text length exceeds 1 character.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.beanio.types.TypeHandler

NIL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CharacterTypeHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Object value) Formats a Java object into field text.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the class type supported by this handler.
Character	parse(String text) Parses field text into a Java object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterTypeHandler

public CharacterTypeHandler()

Method Detail

parse

public Character parse(String text)
                throws TypeConversionException

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Parses field text into a Java object.

Specified by:

parse in interface TypeHandler

Parameters:

text - the field text to parse, which may be null if the field was not passed in the record

Returns:

the parsed Java object

Throws:

TypeConversionException - if the text cannot be parsed

format

public String format(Object value)

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Formats a Java object into field text.

Specified by:

format in interface TypeHandler

Parameters:

value - the Java object to format, which may be null

Returns:

the formatted field text, or null to indicate the value is not present, or TypeHandler.NIL for XML formatted streams

getType

public Class<?> getType()

Description copied from interface: TypeHandler

Returns the class type supported by this handler. Primitive types should not be returned by this method- use the object equivalent instead.

Specified by:

getType in interface TypeHandler

Returns:

the class type supported by this handler