/* Copyright 2007 Aaron Porter
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package net.sourceforge.stripes.format;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* This is the default formatter. It simply calls String.valueOf() on the
* object being formatted.
*
* @author Aaron Porter
* @since Stripes 1.5
*/
public class ObjectFormatter implements Formatter<Object> {
/**
* Converts the supplied parameter to a string using String.valueOf().
*
* @param input an object of a type that the formatter knows how to format
* @return String.valueOf(input)
*/
public String format(Object input) {
return String.valueOf(input);
}
/** Does nothing. */
public void init() { /* unused */ }
/** Does nothing. */
public void setFormatPattern(String formatPattern) { /* unused */ }
/** Does nothing. */
public void setFormatType(String formatType) { /* unused */ }
/** Does nothing. */
public void setLocale(Locale locale) { /* unused */ }
}