org.apache.tapestry.coerce
Class ObjectToBooleanConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry.coerce.ObjectToBooleanConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

public final class ObjectToBooleanConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements TypeConverter

Converts from Object to Boolean. Any non-null object (that doesn't match another converter) is considered true.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

Constructor Summary

ObjectToBooleanConverter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

convertValue(java.lang.Object value) Converts the value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ObjectToBooleanConverter

public ObjectToBooleanConverter()

Method Detail

convertValue

public java.lang.Object convertValue(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts the value.

Specified by:

convertValue in interface TypeConverter

Parameters:

value - the value to be converted (which may be null)

Returns:

the value converted to a specific type; different implementations of TypeConverter will return different types.