ByteConverter


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16  
17  
18  package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;
19  
20  
21  import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
22  import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
23  
24  
25  /**
26   * <p>Standard {@link Converter} implementation that converts an incoming
27   * String into a <code>java.lang.Byte</code> object, optionally using a
28   * default value or throwing a {@link ConversionException} if a conversion
29   * error occurs.</p>
30   *
31   * @author Craig R. McClanahan
32   * @version $Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:34 $
33   * @since 1.3
34   */
35  
36  public final class ByteConverter implements Converter {
37  
38  
39      // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
40  
41  
42      /**
43       * Create a {@link Converter} that will throw a {@link ConversionException}
44       * if a conversion error occurs.
45       */
46      public ByteConverter() {
47  
48          this.defaultValue = null;
49          this.useDefault = false;
50  
51      }
52  
53  
54      /**
55       * Create a {@link Converter} that will return the specified default value
56       * if a conversion error occurs.
57       *
58       * @param defaultValue The default value to be returned
59       */
60      public ByteConverter(Object   defaultValue) {
61  
62          this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
63          this.useDefault = true;
64  
65      }
66  
67  
68      // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables
69  
70  
71      /**
72       * The default value specified to our Constructor, if any.
73       */
74      private Object   defaultValue = null;
75  
76  
77      /**
78       * Should we return the default value on conversion errors?
79       */
80      private boolean useDefault = true;
81  
82  
83      // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
84  
85  
86      /**
87       * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the
88       * specified type.
89       *
90       * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
91       * @param value The input value to be converted
92       *
93       * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
94       *  successfully
95       */
96      public Object   convert(Class   type, Object   value) {
97  
98          if (value == null) {
99              if (useDefault) {
100                 return (defaultValue);
101             } else {
102                 throw new ConversionException("No value specified");
103             }
104         }
105 
106         // System.err.println("VALUE=" + value + ", TYPE=" + value.getClass().getName());
107 
108         if (value instanceof Byte  ) {
109             return (value);
110         } else if (value instanceof Number  ) {
111             return new Byte  (((Number  )value).byteValue());
112         }
113 
114         try {
115             return (new Byte  (value.toString()));
116         } catch (Exception   e) {
117             if (useDefault) {
118                 return (defaultValue);
119             } else {
120                 throw new ConversionException(e);
121             }
122         }
123 
124     }
125 
126 
127 }
128
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