DummyStringConvertor.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.convertor;

import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * Convertor that converts between strings and strings, in other words,
 * it does nothing.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class DummyStringConvertor implements Convertor {
    public ConversionResult convertFromString(String value, Locale locale, Convertor.FormatCache formatCache) {
        return new ConversionResult(value);
    }

    public String convertToString(Object value, Locale locale, Convertor.FormatCache formatCache) {
        return (String)value;
    }

    public Class getTypeClass() {
        return String.class;
    }

    public void generateSaxFragment(ContentHandler contentHandler, Locale locale) throws SAXException {
        // intentionally empty
    }
}