001    /*
002     *  Copyright 2003-2004 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.convert1;
017    
018    
019    /**
020     * Converter that does no conversion. 
021     *
022     * @author Henri Yandell
023     * @since 0.1
024     */
025    //H? Thought this had use. Might be a waste though.
026    ///  Does have use in tests at least.
027    public class IdentityConverter implements Converter {
028    
029    
030        /**
031         * Performs no conversion, merely returns the input as output.
032         *
033         * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
034         * @param value The input value to be converted
035         *
036         * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
037         *  successfully
038         */
039        public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {
040            return value;
041        }
042    
043    
044    }