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package prefuse.data.parser;

/**
 * DataParser instance that handles arbitrary Objects. The parse method throws
 * an exception and the format method simply returns the Object's toString()
 * method.
 *  
 * @author jeffrey heer
 */
public class ObjectParser implements DataParser {
    
    /**
     * Returns Object.class.
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#getType()
     */
    public Class getType() {
        return Object.class;
    }
    
    /**
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#format(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public String format(Object value) {
        return value==null ? null : value.toString();
    }
    
    /**
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#canParse(java.lang.String)
     */
    public boolean canParse(String text) {
        return false;
    }
    
    /**
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#parse(java.lang.String)
     */
    public Object parse(String text) throws DataParseException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
    
} // end of class ObjectParser