001    /*
002     * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Concurrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
003     *
004     * Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
005     *
006     * This file is part of the Cascading project.
007     *
008     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
009     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
010     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
011     *
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013     *
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015     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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019     */
020    
021    package cascading.tuple.coerce;
022    
023    import java.lang.reflect.Type;
024    import java.util.Map;
025    
026    /**
027     *
028     */
029    public class CharacterCoerce extends Coercions.Coerce<Character>
030      {
031      public CharacterCoerce( Map<Type, Coercions.Coerce> coercions )
032        {
033        super( coercions );
034        }
035    
036      @Override
037      public Class<Character> getCanonicalType()
038        {
039        return char.class;
040        }
041    
042      @Override
043      public Character coerce( Object value )
044        {
045        if( value == null )
046          return Character.MIN_VALUE;
047    
048        return value.toString().charAt( 0 );
049        }
050      }