PrimitiveCharConverter.java example

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package br.com.caelum.vraptor.converter;

import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;

import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Convert;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.Converter;
import br.com.caelum.vraptor.ioc.ApplicationScoped;

/**
 * VRaptor's primitive char converter.
 *
 * @author Cecilia Fernandes
 */
@Convert(char.class)
@ApplicationScoped
public class PrimitiveCharConverter implements Converter<Character> {

	public Character convert(String value, Class<? extends Character> type, ResourceBundle bundle) {
		if (isNullOrEmpty(value)) {
			return '\u0000';
		}
		
		if (value.length() != 1) {
			throw new ConversionError(MessageFormat.format(bundle.getString("is_not_a_valid_character"), value));
		}
		return value.charAt(0);
	}

}