Java Object to Char castToChar(Object value)

Description

cast To Char

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static final Character castToChar(Object value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    public static final Character castToChar(Object value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        }/* w  ww. ja  v a2 s .c om*/

        if (value instanceof Character) {
            return (Character) value;
        }

        if (value instanceof String) {
            String strVal = (String) value;

            if (strVal.length() == 0) {
                return null;
            }

            if (strVal.length() != 1) {
                throw new NumberFormatException("can not cast to byte, value : " + value);
            }

            return strVal.charAt(0);
        }

        throw new NumberFormatException("can not cast to byte, value : " + value);
    }
}

Related

1. castToCharacter(Object value)
2. objectToChar(Object p1)