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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/**
 * Transformer implementation that returns the result of calling
 * <code>String.valueOf</code> on the input object.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 405927 $ $Date: 2006-05-12 23:57:03 +0100 (Fri, 12 May 2006) $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class StringValueTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7511110693171758606L;

    /** Singleton predicate instance */
    public static final Transformer INSTANCE = new StringValueTransformer();

    /**
     * Factory returning the singleton instance.
     * 
     * @return the singleton instance
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    public static Transformer getInstance() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    /**
     * Restricted constructor.
     */
    private StringValueTransformer() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the input to result by calling <code>String.valueOf</code>.
     * 
     * @param input  the input object to transform
     * @return the transformed result
     */
    public Object transform(Object input) {
        return String.valueOf(input);
    }

}