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package com.phloc.commons.convert;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* A dummy implementation of {@link IUnidirectionalConverterSameType} that uses
* the input object as the output object.
*
* @author Philip Helger
* @param
* The data type to be converted
*/
public final class UnidirectionalConverterIdentity implements IUnidirectionalConverterSameType
{
@Nullable
public DATATYPE convert (@Nullable final DATATYPE aInput)
{
return aInput;
}
/**
* Get a converter instance that does not conversion at all. Just to fulfil
* API compatibility.
*
* @param
* The type of input and output object
* @return A non-null converter object.
*/
@Nonnull
public static UnidirectionalConverterIdentity create ()
{
return new UnidirectionalConverterIdentity ();
}
}