public final class

FileConverter

extends AbstractConverter
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter
     ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.FileConverter

Class Overview

Converter implementaion that handles conversion to and from java.io.File objects.

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

Summary

Public Constructors
FileConverter()
Construct a java.io.File Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.
FileConverter(Object defaultValue)
Construct a java.io.File Converter that returns a default value if an error occurs.
Protected Methods
Object convertToType(Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.io.File.

Class getDefaultType()
Return the default type this Converter handles.
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Inherited Methods
From class org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.AbstractConverter
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter

Public Constructors

public FileConverter ()

Construct a java.io.File Converter that throws a ConversionException if an error occurs.

public FileConverter (Object defaultValue)

Construct a java.io.File 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.

Protected Methods

protected Object convertToType (Class type, Object value)

Convert the input object into a java.io.File.

Parameters
type Data type to which this value should be converted.
value The input value to be converted.
Returns
  • The converted value.
Throws
Throwable if an error occurs converting to the specified type

protected Class getDefaultType ()

Return the default type this Converter handles.

Returns
  • The default type this Converter handles.