modules/types/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/types/internal/converters/CharConverter.java

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package org.apache.tamaya.types.internal.converters;

import org.apache.tamaya.types.spi.ConversionContext;
import org.apache.tamaya.types.spi.PropertyConverter;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Converter, converting from String to Character, the supported format is one of the following:
 * <ul>
 *     <li>'a'</li>
 *     <li>123 (byte value)</li>
 *     <li>0xFF (byte value)</li>
 *     <li>0XDF (byte value)</li>
 *     <li>0D1 (byte value)</li>
 * </ul>
 */
public class CharConverter implements PropertyConverter<Character> {

    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CharConverter.class.getName());

    @Override
    public Character convert(String value, ConversionContext context) {
        context.addSupportedFormats(getClass(),"\\'<char>\\'", "<char>", "<charNum>");
        String trimmed = Objects.requireNonNull(value).trim();
        if(trimmed.isEmpty()){
            return null;
        }
        if(trimmed.startsWith("'")) {
            try {
                trimmed = trimmed.substring(1, trimmed.length() - 1);
                if (trimmed.isEmpty()) {
                    return null;
                }
                return trimmed.charAt(0);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                LOG.finest("Invalid character format encountered: '" + value + "', valid formats are 'a', 101 and a.");
                return null;
            }
        }
        try {
            Integer val = Integer.parseInt(trimmed);
            return (char) val.shortValue();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.finest("Character format is not numeric: '" + value + "', using first character.");
            return trimmed.charAt(0);
        }
    }

}