001 // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002 // 003 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 // 007 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 // 009 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013 // limitations under the License. 014 015 package org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules; 016 017 import org.apache.hivemind.Location; 018 import org.apache.hivemind.internal.Module; 019 import org.apache.hivemind.schema.Translator; 020 021 /** 022 * A translator that returns the input value itself. Used by the BuilderFactory's <string> 023 * constructor argument element. 024 * 025 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 026 */ 027 public class NullTranslator implements Translator 028 { 029 /** 030 * Returns the inputValue. 031 */ 032 public Object translate(Module contributingModule, Class propertyType, String inputValue, 033 Location location) 034 { 035 return inputValue; 036 } 037 }