tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/internal/services/GenericValueEncoderFactory.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ValueEncoder;
import org.apache.tapestry5.services.ValueEncoderFactory;

/**
 * An implementation of {@link ValueEncoderFactory} that returns a pre-wired instance of {@link ValueEncoder}. This is
 * odd for a factory, because it doesn't actually create the returned instance, just stores it until the encoder is
 * needed.
 *
 * @param <V>
 */
public class GenericValueEncoderFactory<V> implements ValueEncoderFactory<V>
{
    private final ValueEncoder<V> encoder;

    public GenericValueEncoderFactory(ValueEncoder<V> encoder)
    {
        this.encoder = encoder;
    }

    public ValueEncoder<V> create(Class<V> type)
    {
        return encoder;
    }

    public static <V> GenericValueEncoderFactory<V> create(ValueEncoder<V> encoder)
    {
        return new GenericValueEncoderFactory<V>(encoder);
    }
}