CharacterEditor (Spring Framework 5.2.12.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
- - org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CharacterEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:
PropertyEditor
```
public class CharacterEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport
```
Editor for a Character, to populate a property of type Character or char from a String value.
Note that the JDK does not contain a default property editor for char! BeanWrapperImpl will register this editor by default.
Also supports conversion from a Unicode character sequence; e.g. u0041 ('A').
Since:
1.2
Author:
Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Rick Evans
See Also:
Character, BeanWrapperImpl

- Constructor Summary
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)
  Create a new CharacterEditor instance.
- Method Summary
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  String getAsText()
  void setAsText(String text)
  - Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
    addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CharacterEditor
```
public CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)
```
    Create a new CharacterEditor instance.
    The "allowEmpty" parameter controls whether an empty String is to be allowed in parsing, i.e. be interpreted as the null value when text is being converted. If false, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown at that time.
    Parameters:
    allowEmpty - if empty strings are to be allowed
- Method Detail
  - setAsText
```
public void setAsText(@Nullable
                      String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Specified by:
    setAsText in interface PropertyEditor
    Overrides:
    setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport
    Throws:
    IllegalArgumentException
  - getAsText
```
public String getAsText()
```
    Specified by:
    getAsText in interface PropertyEditor
    Overrides:
    getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport