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package org.databene.domain.person;

import org.databene.commons.ConversionException;
import org.databene.commons.converter.ThreadSafeConverter;

/**
 * Converts a {@link Gender} enumeration value to a configurable String.<br/>
 * <br/>
 * Created at 11.03.2009 12:31:43
 * @since 0.5.8
 * @author Volker Bergmann
 */

public class GenderConverter extends ThreadSafeConverter<Gender, String> {
	
	private String male;
	private String female;

    public GenderConverter() {
	    this("m", "f");
    }

    public GenderConverter(String male, String female) {
	    super(Gender.class, String.class);
	    this.male = male;
	    this.female = female;
    }

	public void setMale(String male) {
    	this.male = male;
    }

	public void setFemale(String female) {
    	this.female = female;
    }

	public String convert(Gender gender) throws ConversionException {
	    return (gender != null ? (Gender.MALE.equals(gender) ? male : female) : null);
    }
	
}