/* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package net.sourceforge.stripes.validation;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Simple type converter that converts the input String to a Character by returning
* the first character in the String.
*
* @author Tim Fennell
* @since Stripes 1.4
*/
public class CharacterTypeConverter implements TypeConverter<Character> {
/** Does nothing. */
public void setLocale(Locale locale) { }
/**
* Converts the input String to a Character by taking the first character in the
* String and returning it. If the String is null or empty (this should never happen)
* then it will return the Character represented by ordinal 0, aka the null character.
*
* @param input the String to convert into a single Character
* @param targetType the type to convert to
*/
public Character convert(String input, Class<? extends Character> targetType, Collection<ValidationError> errors) {
if (input != null && !"".equals(input)) {
return input.charAt(0);
}
else {
return '\0';
}
}
}