org.apache.tapestry.coerce
Class NumberToBooleanConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

public final class NumberToBooleanConverter
extends Object
implements TypeConverter

Converts an arbitrary number to a boolean; uses the long value of the number and evaluates to true unless the value is zero.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

Constructor Summary

NumberToBooleanConverter()

Method Summary

Object

convertValue(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

NumberToBooleanConverter

public NumberToBooleanConverter()

Method Detail

convertValue

public Object convertValue(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.