#region License
/*
* Copyright 2002-2004 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
#endregion
using System;
namespace Spring.Globalization.Formatters{
/// <summary>
/// Implementation of <see cref="IFormatter"/> that simply calls <see cref="object.ToString()"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This formatter is a no-operation implementation.
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Erich Eichinger</author>
public class NullFormatter : IFormatter
{
#region Constructors
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NullFormatter"/> class.
/// </summary>
public NullFormatter()
{
}
#endregion
/// <summary>
/// Converts the passed value to a string by calling <see cref="Object.ToString()"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to convert.</param>
/// <returns>to string converted value.</returns>
public string Format(object value)
{
return value != null ? value.ToString() : null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the passed string "as is".
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to return.</param>
/// <returns>The value passed into this method.</returns>
public object Parse(string value)
{
return value;
}
}
}
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