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package com.feilong.lib.beanutils.converters;

import com.feilong.lib.beanutils.Converter;

/**
 * Provides a facade for {@link Converter} implementations
 * preventing access to any public API in the implementation,
 * other than that specified by {@link Converter}.
 * 
 * This implementation can be used to prevent registered {@link Converter}
 * implementations that provide configuration options from being
 * retrieved and modified.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 1.8.0
 */
public final class ConverterFacade implements Converter{

    private final Converter converter;

    /**
     * Construct a converter which delegates to the specified
     * {@link Converter} implementation.
     *
     * @param converter
     *            The converter to delegate to
     */
    public ConverterFacade(final Converter converter){
        if (converter == null){
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Converter is missing");
        }
        this.converter = converter;
    }

    /**
     * Convert the input object into an output object of the
     * specified type by delegating to the underlying {@link Converter}
     * implementation.
     *
     * @param 
     *            The result type of the conversion
     * @param type
     *            Data type to which this value should be converted
     * @param value
     *            The input value to be converted
     * @return The converted value.
     */
    @Override
    public  T convert(final Class type,final Object value){
        return converter.convert(type, value);
    }

    /**
     * Provide a String representation of this facade implementation
     * sand the underlying {@link Converter} it delegates to.
     *
     * @return A String representation of this facade implementation
     *         sand the underlying {@link Converter} it delegates to
     */
    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return "ConverterFacade[" + converter.toString() + "]";
    }

}