mina-integration-beans/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/integration/beans/AbstractPropertyEditor.java

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package org.apache.mina.integration.beans;

import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;

/**
 * An abstract bi-directional {@link PropertyEditor}.
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public abstract class AbstractPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

    private String text;

    private Object value;

    private boolean trimText = true;

    protected void setTrimText(boolean trimText) {
        this.trimText = trimText;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String getAsText() {
        return text;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public Object getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void setAsText(String text) {
        this.text = text;
        
        if (text == null) {
            value = defaultValue();
        } else {
            value = toValue(trimText ? text.trim() : text);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void setValue(Object value) {
        this.value = value;
        
        if (value == null) {
            text = defaultText();
        } else {
            text = toText(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return The default text
     */
    protected String defaultText() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @return The default value
     */
    protected Object defaultValue() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a String representation of the given value
     * 
     * @param value The value
     * @return A String representation of the value
     */
    protected abstract String toText(Object value);

    /**
     * Returns an instance from a String representation of an object
     * 
     * @param text The String representation to convert
     * @return A instance of an object
     */
    protected abstract Object toValue(String text);
}