StringToFloat.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2013 Rene Schneider, GEBIT Solutions GmbH and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *******************************************************************************/
package de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.conversions.java.strings;

import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.Conversion;
import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.ConversionContext;
import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.ConversionFailedException;

/**
 * A default Integrity conversion.
 * 
 * @author Rene Schneider - initial API and implementation
 * 
 */
public class StringToFloat extends Conversion<String, Float> {

	@Override
	public Float convert(String aSource, Class<? extends Float> aTargetType,
			ConversionContext aConversionContext) throws ConversionFailedException {
		try {
			return Float.parseFloat(aSource);
		} catch (NumberFormatException exc) {
			throw new ConversionFailedException(aSource.getClass(), aTargetType, "Failed to convert string value '"
					+ aSource + "'", exc);
		}
	}

}