CharacterConversion

java.lang.Object
- com.univocity.parsers.conversions.NullConversion<java.lang.String,T>
- - com.univocity.parsers.conversions.ObjectConversion<java.lang.Character>
  - - com.univocity.parsers.conversions.CharacterConversion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Conversion<java.lang.String,java.lang.Character>
```
public class CharacterConversion
extends ObjectConversion<java.lang.Character>
```
Converts Strings to Characters and vice versa

Author:

Univocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`CharacterConversion()`	Creates a Conversion from String to Character with default values to return when the input is null.
`CharacterConversion(java.lang.Character valueIfStringIsNull, java.lang.String valueIfObjectIsNull)`	Creates a Conversion from String to Character with default values to return when the input is null.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

protected java.lang.Character fromString(java.lang.String input)
Converts a String to a Character.
- Methods inherited from class com.univocity.parsers.conversions.ObjectConversion
  execute, fromInput, getValueIfObjectIsNull, getValueIfStringIsNull, revert, setValueIfObjectIsNull, setValueIfStringIsNull, undo
- Methods inherited from class com.univocity.parsers.conversions.NullConversion
  getValueOnNullInput, getValueOnNullOutput, setValueOnNullInput, setValueOnNullOutput
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CharacterConversion
```
public CharacterConversion()
```
    Creates a Conversion from String to Character with default values to return when the input is null. This default constructor assumes the output of a conversion should be null when input is null
  - CharacterConversion
```
public CharacterConversion(java.lang.Character valueIfStringIsNull,
                           java.lang.String valueIfObjectIsNull)
```
    Creates a Conversion from String to Character with default values to return when the input is null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    valueIfStringIsNull - default Character value to be returned when the input String is null. Used when ObjectConversion.execute(String) is invoked.
    
    valueIfObjectIsNull - default String value to be returned when a Character input is null. Used when revert(Character) is invoked.
- Method Detail
  - fromString
```
protected java.lang.Character fromString(java.lang.String input)
```
    Converts a String to a Character.
    
    Specified by:
    
    fromString in class ObjectConversion<java.lang.Character>
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - The String to be converted to T
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of T, converted from the String input.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input String length is not equal to 1, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.