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package org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.converters;
import org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.Converter;
/**
* A Converter from any class to a {@link java.lang.String} via the toString
method.
*
* This should only be used as a fall-back converter, as a last attempt.
*
* @author Paul Harvey <paul.at.pauls-place.me.uk>
*/
public final class ToStringConverter implements Converter {
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see org.springframework.ldap.odm.typeconversion.impl.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class)
*/
public T convert(Object source, Class toClass) {
return toClass.cast(source.toString());
}
}