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hrmsEjb/org/apache/commons/beanutils/converters/CharacterConverter.java

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+package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;
+
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
+
+public final class CharacterConverter implements Converter {
+  private Object defaultValue;
+  
+  private boolean useDefault;
+  
+  public CharacterConverter() {
+    this.defaultValue = null;
+    this.useDefault = true;
+    this.defaultValue = null;
+    this.useDefault = false;
+  }
+  
+  public CharacterConverter(Object defaultValue) {
+    this.defaultValue = null;
+    this.useDefault = true;
+    this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
+    this.useDefault = true;
+  }
+  
+  public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      if (this.useDefault)
+        return this.defaultValue; 
+      throw new ConversionException("No value specified");
+    } 
+    if (value instanceof Character)
+      return value; 
+    try {
+      return new Character(value.toString().charAt(0));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      if (this.useDefault)
+        return this.defaultValue; 
+      throw new ConversionException(e);
+    } 
+  }
+}