# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1355859564 28800
# Node ID f28b3dcbaa9ad6c5819740f7ddd04f7871ff1374
# Parent  1eee8d8c59fd5d340b09c2fed794d8645607d537
Add autoconversion between java.lang.Character class and Octave string class.

* libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc(box): Add test for java.lang.Character
class and convert to Octave string class.

diff --git a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
@@ -967,6 +967,18 @@
         }
     }
 
+  if (retval.is_undefined ())
+    {
+      cls = jni_env->FindClass ("java/lang/Character");
+
+      if (jni_env->IsInstanceOf (jobj, cls))
+        {
+          jmethodID m = jni_env->GetMethodID (cls, "charValue", "()C");
+          retval = jni_env->CallCharMethod (jobj, m);
+          retval = retval.convert_to_str (false, true); 
+        }
+    }
+
   if (retval.is_undefined () && Vjava_matrix_autoconversion)
     {
       cls = find_octave_class (jni_env, "org/octave/Matrix");