AlwaysFailingParser.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.properties.editor.reconciling;

import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.editor.support.util.ValueParser;

/**
 * Parser that always fails, regardless of the input. Used for types who's value cannot be
 * expressed as a 'scalar' string value.
 *
 * @author Kris De Volder
 */
public class AlwaysFailingParser implements ValueParser {

	private String typeName;

	public AlwaysFailingParser(String typeName) {
		this.typeName = typeName;
	}

	@Override
	public Object parse(String str) {
		throw new IllegalArgumentException("'"+str+"' is not valid for type '"+typeName+"'");
	}

}