org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters

Class URLConverter

Implemented Interfaces:
Converter

public final class URLConverter
extends AbstractConverter

Converter implementaion that handles conversion to and from java.net.URL objects.

Can be configured to either return a default value or throw a ConversionException if a conversion error occurs.

Version:
$Revision: 555845 $ $Date: 2007-07-13 03:52:05 +0100 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
Since:
1.3

Field Summary

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

DEFAULT_CONFIG_MSG, PACKAGE, defaultType, defaultValue, log, useDefault

Constructor Summary

URLConverter()
Construct a java.net.URL Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.
URLConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.net.URL Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.

Method Summary

protected Object
convertToType(Class type, Object value)
Convert a java.net.URL or object into a String.

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

convert, convertArray, convertToString, convertToType, getDefault, getDefaultType, handleError, handleMissing, isUseDefault, log, primitive, setDefaultValue, toString, toString

Constructor Details

URLConverter

public URLConverter()
Construct a java.net.URL Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.

URLConverter

public URLConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.net.URL Converter that returns a default value if an 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 Object convertToType(Class type,
                               Object value)
            throws Throwable
Convert a java.net.URL or object into a String.
Overrides:
convertToType in interface AbstractConverter
Parameters:
type - Data type to which this value should be converted.
value - The input value to be converted.
Returns:
The converted value.

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