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026 *
027 * -------------------------------
028 * CharacterObjectDescription.java
029 * -------------------------------
030 * (C)opyright 2003, 2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
031 *
032 * Original Author: Thomas Morgner;
033 * Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
034 *
035 * $Id: CharacterObjectDescription.java,v 1.3 2005/11/14 10:59:44 mungady Exp $
036 *
037 * Changes (from 19-Feb-2003)
038 * -------------------------
039 * 19-Feb-2003 : Added standard header and Javadocs (DG);
040 * 29-Apr-2003 : Distilled from the JFreeReport project and moved into JCommon
041 *
042 */
043
044 package org.jfree.xml.factory.objects;
045
046 /**
047 * An object-description for a <code>Character</code> object.
048 *
049 * @author Thomas Morgner
050 */
051 public class CharacterObjectDescription extends AbstractObjectDescription {
052
053 /**
054 * Creates a new object description.
055 */
056 public CharacterObjectDescription() {
057 super(Character.class);
058 setParameterDefinition("value", String.class);
059 }
060
061 /**
062 * Creates a new object (<code>Character</code>) based on this description object.
063 *
064 * @return The <code>Character</code> object.
065 */
066 public Object createObject() {
067 final String o = (String) getParameter("value");
068 if (o == null) {
069 return null;
070 }
071 if (o.length() > 0) {
072 return new Character(o.charAt(0));
073 }
074 else {
075 return null;
076 }
077 }
078
079 /**
080 * Sets the parameters of this description object to match the supplied object.
081 *
082 * @param o the object (should be an instance of <code>Character</code>).
083 * @throws ObjectFactoryException if there is a
084 * problem while reading the properties of the given object.
085 */
086 public void setParameterFromObject(final Object o) throws ObjectFactoryException {
087 if (!(o instanceof Character)) {
088 throw new ObjectFactoryException("The given object is no java.lang.Character.");
089 }
090
091 setParameter("value", String.valueOf(o));
092 }
093
094 /**
095 * Tests for equality.
096 *
097 * @param o the object to test.
098 *
099 * @return A boolean.
100 */
101 public boolean equals(final Object o) {
102 if (this == o) {
103 return true;
104 }
105 if (!(o instanceof AbstractObjectDescription)) {
106 return false;
107 }
108
109 final AbstractObjectDescription abstractObjectDescription = (AbstractObjectDescription) o;
110
111 if (Character.TYPE.equals(abstractObjectDescription.getObjectClass())) {
112 return true;
113 }
114 if (Character.class.equals(abstractObjectDescription.getObjectClass())) {
115 return true;
116 }
117 return false;
118 }
119
120 /**
121 * Returns a hash code for the object.
122 *
123 * @return The hash code.
124 */
125 public int hashCode() {
126 return getObjectClass().hashCode();
127 }
128
129 }