Package org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters

Class PatternConverter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.AbstractConverter<Pattern>

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.PatternConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Pattern>

public class PatternConverter
extends AbstractConverter<Pattern>

Converter implementation that handles conversion to and from Pattern.

Since:

2.0.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PatternConverter()	Construct a Pattern Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.
PatternConverter(Pattern defaultValue)	Constructs a Converter that will return the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected <T> T	convertToType(Class<T> type, Object value)	Converts the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.
protected Class<Pattern>	getDefaultType()	Gets the default type this Converter handles.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.AbstractConverter

conversionException, convert, convertArray, convertToString, getDefault, handleError, handleMissing, isUseDefault, setDefaultValue, toLowerCase, toString, toString, toTrim

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PatternConverter

public PatternConverter()

Construct a Pattern Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.

PatternConverter

public PatternConverter(Pattern defaultValue)

Constructs a Converter that will return the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.

Parameters:

defaultValue - The default value to be returned if the value to be converted is missing or an error occurs converting the value.

Method Details

convertToType

protected <T> T convertToType(Class<T> type,
 Object value)
                       throws Throwable

Converts the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

Specified by:

convertToType in class AbstractConverter<Pattern>

Type Parameters:

T - Target type of the conversion.

Parameters:

type - Data type to which this value should be converted.

value - The String property value to convert.

Returns:

A Pattern which represents the compiled configuration property.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the value is null.

PatternSyntaxException - If the regular expression String provided is malformed.

Throwable - if an error occurs converting to the specified type

getDefaultType

protected Class<Pattern> getDefaultType()

Gets the default type this Converter handles.

Specified by:

getDefaultType in class AbstractConverter<Pattern>

Returns:

The default type this Converter handles.

Since:

2.0.0