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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;
/**
* Transformer implementation that returns the same constant each time.
*
* No check is made that the object is immutable. In general, only immutable
* objects should use the constant factory. Mutable objects should
* use the prototype factory.
*
* @since Commons Collections 3.0
* @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
*/
public class ConstantTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable {
/** Serial version UID */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 6374440726369055124L;
/** Returns null each time */
public static final Transformer NULL_INSTANCE = new ConstantTransformer(null);
/** The closures to call in turn */
private final Object iConstant;
/**
* Transformer method that performs validation.
*
* @param constantToReturn the constant object to return each time in the factory
* @return the constant factory.
*/
public static Transformer getInstance(Object constantToReturn) {
if (constantToReturn == null) {
return NULL_INSTANCE;
}
return new ConstantTransformer(constantToReturn);
}
/**
* Constructor that performs no validation.
* Use getInstance if you want that.
*
* @param constantToReturn the constant to return each time
*/
public ConstantTransformer(Object constantToReturn) {
super();
iConstant = constantToReturn;
}
/**
* Transforms the input by ignoring it and returning the stored constant instead.
*
* @param input the input object which is ignored
* @return the stored constant
*/
public Object transform(Object input) {
return iConstant;
}
/**
* Gets the constant.
*
* @return the constant
* @since Commons Collections 3.1
*/
public Object getConstant() {
return iConstant;
}
}