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package org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors;

import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

Property editor that trims Strings.

Optionally allows transforming an empty string into a null value. Needs to be explicitly registered, e.g. for command binding.

Author:Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  • registerCustomEditor.registerCustomEditor
/** * Property editor that trims Strings. * * <p>Optionally allows transforming an empty string into a {@code null} value. * Needs to be explicitly registered, e.g. for command binding. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @see org.springframework.validation.DataBinder#registerCustomEditor */
public class StringTrimmerEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport { @Nullable private final String charsToDelete; private final boolean emptyAsNull;
Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.
Params:
  • emptyAsNull – true if an empty String is to be transformed into null
/** * Create a new StringTrimmerEditor. * @param emptyAsNull {@code true} if an empty String is to be * transformed into {@code null} */
public StringTrimmerEditor(boolean emptyAsNull) { this.charsToDelete = null; this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull; }
Create a new StringTrimmerEditor.
Params:
  • charsToDelete – a set of characters to delete, in addition to trimming an input String. Useful for deleting unwanted line breaks: e.g. "\r\n\f" will delete all new lines and line feeds in a String.
  • emptyAsNull – true if an empty String is to be transformed into null
/** * Create a new StringTrimmerEditor. * @param charsToDelete a set of characters to delete, in addition to * trimming an input String. Useful for deleting unwanted line breaks: * e.g. "\r\n\f" will delete all new lines and line feeds in a String. * @param emptyAsNull {@code true} if an empty String is to be * transformed into {@code null} */
public StringTrimmerEditor(String charsToDelete, boolean emptyAsNull) { this.charsToDelete = charsToDelete; this.emptyAsNull = emptyAsNull; } @Override public void setAsText(@Nullable String text) { if (text == null) { setValue(null); } else { String value = text.trim(); if (this.charsToDelete != null) { value = StringUtils.deleteAny(value, this.charsToDelete); } if (this.emptyAsNull && "".equals(value)) { setValue(null); } else { setValue(value); } } } @Override public String getAsText() { Object value = getValue(); return (value != null ? value.toString() : ""); } }