taverna-reference-types/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/reference/impl/external/object/CharacterToStringReference.java

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package org.apache.taverna.reference.impl.external.object;

import org.apache.taverna.reference.ExternalReferenceSPI;
import org.apache.taverna.reference.ReferenceContext;
import org.apache.taverna.reference.ValueToReferenceConversionException;
import org.apache.taverna.reference.ValueToReferenceConverterSPI;

/**
 * Convert a {@link Character} to a StringReference.
 * 
 * @author Alan R Williams
 */
public class CharacterToStringReference implements ValueToReferenceConverterSPI {
	/**
	 * Can convert if the object is an instance of java.lang.Character
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean canConvert(Object o, ReferenceContext context) {
		return (o instanceof Character);
	}

	/**
	 * Return a new {@link InlineStringReference} wrapping the supplied String
	 */
	@Override
	public ExternalReferenceSPI convert(Object o, ReferenceContext context)
			throws ValueToReferenceConversionException {
		InlineStringReference result = new InlineStringReference();
		String stringValue = ((Character) o).toString();
		result.setContents(stringValue);
		return result;
	}
}