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package org.apache.juneau.transforms; | |
import org.apache.juneau.*; | |
import org.apache.juneau.transform.*; | |
/** | |
* Transforms beans into {@link String Strings} by simply calling the {@link Object#toString()} method. | |
* | |
* <p> | |
* Allows you to specify classes that should just be converted to {@code Strings} instead of potentially | |
* being turned into Maps by the {@link BeanContext} (or worse, throwing | |
* {@link BeanRuntimeException BeanRuntimeExceptions}). | |
* | |
* <p> | |
* This is usually a one-way transform. | |
* Beans serialized as strings cannot be reconstituted using a parser unless it is a | |
* {@doc PojoCategories parsable POJO}. | |
* | |
* @param <T> The class type of the bean. | |
*/ | |
public class BeanStringSwap<T> extends StringSwap<T> { | |
/** | |
* Converts the specified bean to a {@link String}. | |
*/ | |
@Override /* PojoSwap */ | |
public String swap(BeanSession session, T o) { | |
return o.toString(); | |
} | |
} |