001 /* 002 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 package org.apache.commons.convert.conversion; 017 018 import org.apache.commons.convert.Conversion; 019 import org.apache.commons.convert.Converter; 020 021 /** 022 * Conversion from Class to String using <code>getName()</code>. 023 * 024 * @author Stephen Colebourne 025 * @version $Id: ClassToStringConversion.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $ 026 * @since 1.0 027 */ 028 public class ClassToStringConversion extends AbstractConversion { 029 030 /** Singleton instance of this factory */ 031 public static final Conversion INSTANCE = new ClassToStringConversion(); 032 033 /** 034 * Constructor. 035 */ 036 protected ClassToStringConversion() { 037 super(Class.class, STRING_CLASS); 038 } 039 040 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 041 /** 042 * Convert the non-null Class to a String using <code>getName()</code>. 043 * 044 * @param value the input value to be converted, pre-checked to not be null 045 * @param converter the converter being used, not null 046 * @return the converted value 047 */ 048 protected Object convertValue(Object value, Converter converter) { 049 return ((Class) value).getName(); 050 } 051 052 }