/*
This file is part of Cyclos (www.cyclos.org).
A project of the Social Trade Organisation (www.socialtrade.org).
Cyclos is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
package nl.strohalm.cyclos.utils.conversion;
/**
* A {@link Converter} which only supports formatting, that is, the {@link #toString(Object)} method
* @author luis
*/
public abstract class FormatOnlyConverter<T> implements Converter<T> {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 9084090898937128556L;
@Override
public final T valueOf(final String string) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This converter cannot be used to parse strings");
}
}