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 015package org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules; 016 017import org.apache.hivemind.Location; 018import org.apache.hivemind.internal.Module; 019import 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 */ 027public 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}