- /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 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
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-
- package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;
-
-
- import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
- import org.apache.commons.beanutils.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 $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:34 $
- * @since 1.3
- */
-
- 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());
- }
-
- }
-
-
- }