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 *
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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<String, Character> {

	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);
	}

}
