gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert

Class ObjectToStringConverter

java.lang.Object

gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.AbstractDataConverter<java.lang.Object,java.lang.String>

gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.ObjectToStringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataConverter<java.lang.Object,java.lang.String>, Evaluator<java.lang.Object,java.lang.String>, CloneableSerializable, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class ObjectToStringConverter
extends AbstractDataConverter<java.lang.Object,java.lang.String>

Converts an Object to a String using the toString method.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Justin Basilico

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectToStringConverter() Creates a new ObjectToStringConverter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	evaluate(java.lang.Object input) Converts the given Object to an String by calling the toString method.

Methods inherited from class gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ObjectToStringConverter

public ObjectToStringConverter()

Creates a new ObjectToStringConverter.

Method Detail

evaluate

public java.lang.String evaluate(java.lang.Object input)

Converts the given Object to an String by calling the toString method.

Parameters:

input - The input to convert.

Returns:

The String representation of that input. If null is passed in, null is returned.