gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert
Class ObjectToStringConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataConverter<Object,String>, Evaluator<Object,String>, CloneableSerializable, Serializable, Cloneable

public class ObjectToStringConverter
extends AbstractDataConverter<Object,String>

Converts an Object to a String using the toString method.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Justin Basilico

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ObjectToStringConverter()
Creates a new ObjectToStringConverter.

Method Summary

String

evaluate(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 String evaluate(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.