/**
* Set the property value by parsing a given String. May raise java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
* if either the String is badly formatted or if this kind of property can't be expressed as text.
*
* @param text The string to be parsed.
*/
public void setAsText(final String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (StringUtils.isEmpty(text)) {
setValue(null);
return;
}
try {
setValue(valueConverter.toPropertyValue(text));
} catch (BeanException e) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("This is not a valid property-value");
}
}
