01: /*
02: * GeoTools - OpenSource mapping toolkit
03: * http://geotools.org
04: * (C) 2002-2006, GeoTools Project Managment Committee (PMC)
05: *
06: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
09: * version 2.1 of the License.
10: *
11: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: */
16: package org.geotools.xml;
17:
18: /**
19: * Base class for simple bindings.
20: *
21: * @author Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project, jdeolive@openplans.org
22: *
23: */
24: public abstract class AbstractSimpleBinding implements SimpleBinding {
25: /**
26: * This implementation returns {@link Binding#AFTER}.
27: * <p>
28: * Subclasses should override to change this behaviour.
29: * </p>
30: */
31: public int getExecutionMode() {
32: return AFTER;
33: }
34:
35: /**
36: * Performs the encoding of the object as a String.
37: *
38: * @param object The object being encoded, never null.
39: * @param value The string returned from another binding in the type
40: * hierachy, which could be null.
41: *
42: * @return A String representing the object.
43: */
44: public String encode(Object object, String value) throws Exception {
45: //just return the value passed in, subclasses should override to provide new value
46: return value;
47: }
48: }
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