org.realityforge.converter.lib
Class StringToBooleanConverter

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.realityforge.converter.AbstractConverter
        |
        +--org.realityforge.converter.lib.StringToBooleanConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class StringToBooleanConverter

extends AbstractConverter

String to Boolean converter

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2003/03/25 02:51:26 $

Author:

Peter Donald

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.realityforge.converter.Converter

ROLE

Constructor Summary

StringToBooleanConverter()
Construct the converter.

StringToBooleanConverter(Boolean defaultValue)
Construct the converter with a default value.

Method Summary

Object

convert(Object object, Object context) Converts a String to a Boolean.

Methods inherited from class org.realityforge.converter.AbstractConverter

convert, noConvert

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringToBooleanConverter

public StringToBooleanConverter()

Construct the converter.

StringToBooleanConverter

public StringToBooleanConverter(Boolean defaultValue)

Construct the converter with a default value. If the default value is non-null, it will be returned if unable to convert object to correct type.

Parameters:

defaultValue - the default value

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(Object object,
                      Object context)
               throws ConverterException

Converts a String to a Boolean.

Specified by:

convert in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

object - the original object to convert

context - the context in which to convert object (unused)

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

ConverterException - if error converting object