package prefuse.data.parser;
/**
* DataParser instance that handles arbitrary Objects. The parse method throws
* an exception and the format method simply returns the Object's toString()
* method.
*
* @author <a href="http://jheer.org">jeffrey heer</a>
*/
public class ObjectParser implements DataParser {
/**
* Returns Object.class.
* @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#getType()
*/
public Class getType() {
return Object.class;
}
/**
* @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#format(java.lang.Object)
*/
public String format(Object value) {
return value==null ? null : value.toString();
}
/**
* @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#canParse(java.lang.String)
*/
public boolean canParse(String text) {
return false;
}
/**
* @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#parse(java.lang.String)
*/
public Object parse(String text) throws DataParseException {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
} // end of class ObjectParser