1 /*
2 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.apache.commons.convert1;
17
18
19 /**
20 * Converter that does no conversion.
21 *
22 * @author Henri Yandell
23 * @since 0.1
24 */
25 //H? Thought this had use. Might be a waste though.
26 /// Does have use in tests at least.
27 public class IdentityConverter implements Converter {
28
29
30 /**
31 * Performs no conversion, merely returns the input as output.
32 *
33 * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
34 * @param value The input value to be converted
35 *
36 * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
37 * successfully
38 */
39 public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {
40 return value;
41 }
42
43
44 }