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 java.util.TimeZone;
019
020 import org.apache.commons.convert.ConversionFactory;
021 import org.apache.commons.convert.Converter;
022
023 /**
024 * Conversion from TimeZone to String using <code>getID()</code>.
025 *
026 * @author Stephen Colebourne
027 * @version $Id: TimeZoneToStringConversionFactory.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $
028 * @since 1.0
029 */
030 public class TimeZoneToStringConversionFactory extends AbstractConversionFactory {
031
032 /** Singleton instance of this factory */
033 public static final ConversionFactory INSTANCE = new TimeZoneToStringConversionFactory();
034
035 /**
036 * Restricted constructor.
037 */
038 protected TimeZoneToStringConversionFactory() {
039 super(TimeZone.class, STRING_CLASS);
040 }
041
042 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
043 /**
044 * Convert the non-null TimeZone to a String using <code>getID()</code>.
045 *
046 * @param value the input value to be converted, pre-checked to not be null
047 * @param converter the converter being used, not null
048 * @return the converted value
049 */
050 protected Object convertValue(Object value, Converter converter) {
051 return ((TimeZone) value).getID();
052 }
053
054 }