com.codemesh.terp.eval.converters
Class ToCharacter

java.lang.Object
  com.codemesh.terp.eval.converters.ToCharacter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<java.lang.Character>

public class ToCharacter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter<java.lang.Character>

Converts various types to characters. This converter is registered under the ^char name.

Like all converters, this type supports conversion from its own target type (i.e. Character) and the String type. Any given string will be evaluated as an expression and the result of that evaluation will be evaluated as a char value. For any other type, null is returned.

Constructor Summary

ToCharacter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Character

fromObject(java.lang.Object obj, TerpContext ctx) Converts the given object into an object of the target type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ToCharacter

public ToCharacter()

Method Detail

fromObject

public java.lang.Character fromObject(java.lang.Object obj,
                                      TerpContext ctx)

Converts the given object into an object of the target type. Conversions can be implemented in any way that makes sense. Normally, converters will return null for null, but some converters may choose to interpret null as an indicator to return a default-initialized target object. An example of this type of conversion is the ShellExecutor. null simply indicates that no preference overrides of any kind have been provided.

Specified by:

fromObject in interface Converter<java.lang.Character>

Parameters:

obj - the source object.

ctx - the context in which the conversion takes place.

Returns:

an instance of the target type or null.