Listing 1: Giving Commons Configuration the integer parameter day = ABC.
org.apache.commons.configuration.ConversionException: 'day' doesn't map to an
Integer object
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInteger
(AbstractConfiguration.java:880)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInt
(AbstractConfiguration.java:835)
  at hansen.playground.MyFirstTry.main(MyFirstTry.java:14)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.configuration.ConversionException: 
Could not convert ABC to java.lang.Integer
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toNumber
(PropertyConverter.java:312)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toInteger
(PropertyConverter.java:157)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInteger
(AbstractConfiguration.java:876)
  ... 2 more
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "ABC"
  at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Integer.(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toNumber
(PropertyConverter.java:308)
  ... 4 more
Exception in thread "main" 
org.apache.commons.configuration.ConversionException: 
'day' doesn't map to an Integer object
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInteger
(AbstractConfiguration.java:880)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInt
(AbstractConfiguration.java:835)
  at hansen.playground.MyFirstTry.main(MyFirstTry.java:14)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.configuration.ConversionException: 
Could not convert ABC to java.lang.Integer
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toNumber
(PropertyConverter.java:312)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toInteger
(PropertyConverter.java:157)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getInteger
(AbstractConfiguration.java:876)
  ... 2 more
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "ABC"
  at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.Integer.(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
  at org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertyConverter.toNumber
(PropertyConverter.java:308)
  ... 4 more
Exception in thread "main" 

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