## org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class CharacterEditor

    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
`CharacterEditor(boolean allowEmpty)` Create a new CharacterEditor instance.

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

### 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(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`

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