org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters
Class ByteArrayConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter
      org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.ByteArrayConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

Deprecated. Replaced by the new ArrayConverter implementation

public final class ByteArrayConverter
extends AbstractArrayConverter

Standard Converter implementation that converts an incoming String into a primitive array of byte. On a conversion failure, returns a specified default value or throws a ConversionException depending on how this instance is constructed.

Since:

1.4

Version:

$Revision: 556229 $ $Date: 2007-07-14 07:11:19 +0100 (Sat, 14 Jul 2007) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter

defaultValue, NO_DEFAULT, strings, useDefault

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayConverter()
Deprecated. Create a Converter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

ByteArrayConverter(Object defaultValue)
Deprecated. Create a Converter that will return the specified default value if a conversion error occurs.

Method Summary

Object

convert(Class type, Object value) Deprecated. Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractArrayConverter

parseElements

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayConverter

public ByteArrayConverter()

Deprecated.

Create a Converter that will throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

ByteArrayConverter

public ByteArrayConverter(Object defaultValue)

Deprecated.

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

Parameters:

defaultValue - The default value to be returned

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(Class type,
                      Object value)

Deprecated.

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

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter

Specified by:

convert in class AbstractArrayConverter

Parameters:

type - Data type to which this value should be converted

value - The input value to be converted

Returns:

the converted value

Throws:

ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully