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027 * ----------------------------
028 * StringObjectDescription.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: StringObjectDescription.java,v 1.3 2005/11/14 11:04:24 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
044package org.jfree.xml.factory.objects;
045
046/**
047 * An object-description for a <code>String</code> object.
048 *
049 * @author Thomas Morgner
050 */
051public class StringObjectDescription extends AbstractObjectDescription {
052
053    /**
054     * Creates a new object description.
055     */
056    public StringObjectDescription() {
057        super(String.class);
058        setParameterDefinition("value", String.class);
059    }
060
061    /**
062     * Creates an object based on this description.
063     *
064     * @return The object.
065     */
066    public Object createObject() {
067        final String o = (String) getParameter("value");
068        return String.valueOf(o);
069    }
070
071    /**
072     * Sets the parameters of this description object to match the supplied object.
073     *
074     * @param o  the object (should be an instance of <code>String</code>).
075     *
076     * @throws ObjectFactoryException if the object is not an instance of <code>String</code>.
077     */
078    public void setParameterFromObject(final Object o) throws ObjectFactoryException {
079        if (!(o instanceof String)) {
080            throw new ObjectFactoryException("The given object is no java.lang.String.");
081        }
082
083        setParameter("value", String.valueOf(o));
084    }
085}