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package org.springframework.core.convert.support;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
/**
* Converts a String to a Character.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @since 3.0
*/
final class StringToCharacterConverter implements Converter {
public Character convert(String source) {
if (source.length() == 0) {
return null;
}
if (source.length() > 1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Can only convert a [String] with length of 1 to a [Character]; string value '" + source
+ "' has length of " + source.length());
}
return source.charAt(0);
}
}