Variant (ACS AEM Commons Bundle 4.7.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.adobe.acs.commons.data.Variant

```
@ProviderType
public final class Variant
extends Object
```
Used to represent values that might be provided as one baseType but used as another. Avoids glue code and switch statements in other parts of the code especially dealing with data from spreadsheets.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class Variant.CellType

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Variant()`
`Variant(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell src)`
`Variant(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell src, Locale locale)`
`Variant(T src)`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`asType(Class<T> type)`
`void`	`clear()`
`static <S,D> D`	`convert(S val, Class<D> destType)`
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`
`boolean`	`isStringTruthy(String s)`	Truthiness is any non-empty string that looks like a non-zero number or looks like it is True, Yes, or X
`<T> void`	`setValue(T val)`
`Boolean`	`toBoolean()`
`Date`	`toDate()`
`Double`	`toDouble()`
`Long`	`toLong()`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Variant
```
public Variant()
```

Variant
```
public Variant(T src)
```

Variant

public Variant(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell src)

Variant

public Variant(org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell src,
               Locale locale)

Method Detail

clear
```
public void clear()
```

isEmpty
```
public boolean isEmpty()
```

setValue

public final <T> void setValue(T val)

toLong
```
public Long toLong()
```

toDouble
```
public Double toDouble()
```

toString
```
public String toString()
```
Overrides:

toString in class Object

toDate
```
public Date toDate()
```

toBoolean
```
public Boolean toBoolean()
```

isStringTruthy
```
public boolean isStringTruthy(String s)
```
Truthiness is any non-empty string that looks like a non-zero number or looks like it is True, Yes, or X

Parameters:

s - String to evaluate

Returns:

True if it is truthy, otherwise false

asType

public <T> T asType(Class<T> type)

convert

public static <S,D> D convert(S val,
                                    Class<D> destType)