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package org.teiid.core.types.basic;

import org.teiid.core.types.DataTypeManagerService;
import org.teiid.core.types.NullType;
import org.teiid.core.types.Transform;

/**
 * This class can do a simple null-->anything.  
 * Incoming value must be null and outgoing value is the same.  
 * This is purely for type purposes.
 */
public class NullToAnyTransform extends Transform {

	private Class<?> targetType;
	
	public NullToAnyTransform(DataTypeManagerService dataTypeManager, Class<?> targetType) {
	    super(dataTypeManager);
		this.targetType = targetType;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Type of the incoming value.
	 * @return Source type
	 */
	public Class getSourceType() {
        return NullType.class;
    }
    
    /**
     * Type of the outgoing value.
     * @return Target type
     */
    public Class getTargetType() {
    	return targetType;
    }

	/**
	 * This method transforms a value of the source type into a value
	 * of the target type.
	 * @param value Incoming value - Integer
	 * @return Outgoing value - String
	 * @throws Exception if value is an incorrect input type or
	 * the transformation fails
	 */
	public Object transformDirect(Object value) throws Exception {
		if (value != null)
		    throw new IllegalArgumentException();

		return null;
	}
	
}