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16 package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;
17
18 import java.io.Serializable JavaDoc;
19
20 import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;
21
22 /**
23  * Transformer implementation that returns the <code>String.valueOf</code>.
24  *
25  * @since Commons Collections 3.0
26  * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/05/16 11:36:31 $
27  *
28  * @author Stephen Colebourne
29  */

30 public final class StringValueTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable JavaDoc {
31
32     /** Serial version UID */
33     static final long serialVersionUID = 7511110693171758606L;
34
35     /** Singleton predicate instance */
36     public static final Transformer INSTANCE = new StringValueTransformer();
37
38     /**
39      * Factory returning the singleton instance.
40      *
41      * @return the singleton instance
42      * @since Commons Collections 3.1
43      */

44     public static Transformer getInstance() {
45         return INSTANCE;
46     }
47
48     /**
49      * Restricted constructor.
50      */

51     private StringValueTransformer() {
52         super();
53     }
54
55     /**
56      * Transforms the input to result by calling <code>String.valueOf</code>.
57      *
58      * @param input the input object to transform
59      * @return the transformed result
60      */

61     public Object JavaDoc transform(Object JavaDoc input) {
62         return String.valueOf(input);
63     }
64
65 }
66
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