## org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class StringTrimmerEditor

    java.lang.Object
      java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
          org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:
  PropertyEditor

    public class StringTrimmerEditor

extends PropertyEditorSupport

Property editor that trims Strings.

Optionally allows transforming an empty string into a `null` value. Needs to be explictly registered, e.g. for command binding.

Author:
  Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `DataBinder.registerCustomEditor(java.lang.Class, java.beans.PropertyEditor)`, `BaseCommandController.initBinder(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestDataBinder)`

Constructor Summary
`StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)` Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.
`StringTrimmerEditor(String charsToDelete, boolean emptyAsNull)` Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.

Method Summary
`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

### StringTrimmerEditor

    public StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull)

  Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.

  Parameters:
    `emptyAsNull` - `true` if an empty String is to be transformed into `null`

### StringTrimmerEditor

    public StringTrimmerEditor(String charsToDelete,
                               boolean emptyAsNull)

  Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.

  Parameters:
    `charsToDelete` - a set of characters to delete, in addition to trimming an input String. Useful for deleting unwanted line breaks: e.g. "\r\n\f" will delete all new lines and line feeds in a String.
    `emptyAsNull` - `true` if an empty String is to be transformed into `null`

Method Detail

### setAsText

    public void setAsText(String text)

  Specified by:
    `setAsText` in interface `PropertyEditor`
  Overrides:
    `setAsText` in class `PropertyEditorSupport`

### getAsText

    public String getAsText()

  Specified by:
    `getAsText` in interface `PropertyEditor`
  Overrides:
    `getAsText` in class `PropertyEditorSupport`

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