001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters; 018 019 import java.math.BigInteger; 020 021 /** 022 * {@link NumberConverter} implementation that handles conversion to 023 * and from <b>java.math.BigInteger</b> objects. 024 * <p> 025 * This implementation can be configured to handle conversion either 026 * by using BigInteger's default String conversion, or by using a Locale's pattern 027 * or by specifying a format pattern. See the {@link NumberConverter} 028 * documentation for further details. 029 * <p> 030 * Can be configured to either return a <i>default value</i> or throw a 031 * <code>ConversionException</code> if a conversion error occurs. 032 * 033 * @author Craig R. McClanahan 034 * @version $Revision: 690380 $ $Date: 2008-08-29 21:04:38 +0100 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008) $ 035 * @since 1.3 036 */ 037 public final class BigIntegerConverter extends NumberConverter { 038 039 /** 040 * Construct a <b>java.math.BigInteger</b> <i>Converter</i> that throws 041 * a <code>ConversionException</code> if an error occurs. 042 */ 043 public BigIntegerConverter() { 044 super(false); 045 } 046 047 /** 048 * Construct a <b>java.math.BigInteger</b> <i>Converter</i> that returns 049 * a default value if an error occurs. 050 * 051 * @param defaultValue The default value to be returned 052 * if the value to be converted is missing or an error 053 * occurs converting the value. 054 */ 055 public BigIntegerConverter(Object defaultValue) { 056 super(false, defaultValue); 057 } 058 059 /** 060 * Return the default type this <code>Converter</code> handles. 061 * 062 * @return The default type this <code>Converter</code> handles. 063 * @since 1.8.0 064 */ 065 protected Class getDefaultType() { 066 return BigInteger.class; 067 } 068 069 }