Java Object to Char objectToChar(Object p1)

Description

The following are used to in visage casts of object to a primitive type, eg: function(pp) { pp as Float} If the Object passed in is not a Number or Character, then a ClassCastException will occur, which is ok because it isn't legal in visage to cast a non numeric to a numeric.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static public char objectToChar(Object p1) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w ww .  j  ava 2 s  .c om*/
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public class Main {
    /** 
     * The following are used to in visage casts of object to a primitive type,
     * eg:    function(pp) { pp as Float}
     * If the Object passed in is not a Number or Character, then a ClassCastException will
     * occur, which is ok because it isn't legal in visage to cast a non numeric
     * to a numeric.
     */
    static public char objectToChar(Object p1) {
        if (p1 == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        if (p1 instanceof Character) {
            return ((Character) p1).charValue();
        }
        return (char) ((Number) p1).intValue();
    }
}

Related

1. castToChar(Object value)
2. castToCharacter(Object value)