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  *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  *  You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

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 package org.apache.commons.convert1.string;

 import org.apache.commons.convert1.ConversionException;

 import org.apache.commons.convert1.Converter;

 /**

  * <p>Standard {@link Converter} implementation that converts an incoming

  * String into a <code>java.lang.String</code> object, optionally using a

  * default value or throwing a {@link ConversionException} if a conversion

  * error occurs.</p>

  *

  * @author Craig R. McClanahan

  * @version $Id: StringConverter.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $

  * @since 0.1

  */

 ///H/ This class is useless. It turns a String into a String, 

 ///H/ although the code itself doesn't know it's being given a String.

 public final class StringConverter implements Converter {

     // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods

     /**

      * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the

      * specified type.

      *

      * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted

      * @param value The input value to be converted

      *

      * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed

      *  successfully

      */

     public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {

         if (value == null) {

             return ((String) null);

         } else {

             return (value.toString());

         }

     }

 }