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 * Copyright (c) 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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/*
 *        Copyright (C) 1996  Active Software, Inc.
 *                  All rights reserved.
 *
 * @(#) StringConverter.java 1.16 - last change made 07/29/97
 */

package sunsoft.jws.visual.rt.type;

/**
 * Converts strings to strings.  This is really just a place holder
 * for the String type amoung the type converters.
 *
 * @version 1.16, 07/29/97
 */
public class StringConverter extends Converter {
    public String convertToString(Object obj) {
        if (obj != null)
            return ((String) obj);
        else
            return /* NOI18N */"<null>";
    }
    
    public Object convertFromString(String s) {
        if (!s.equals(/* NOI18N */"<null>"))
            return (s);
        else
            return null;
    }
    
    public String convertToCode(Object obj) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        ListParser.quote(convertToString(obj), buf, true);
        
        return buf.toString();
    }
    
}