Commons Collections example source code file (NOPTransformer.java)

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The Commons Collections NOPTransformer.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/**
 * Transformer implementation that does nothing.
 * 
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public class NOPTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2133891748318574490L;

    /** Singleton predicate instance */
    public static final Transformer INSTANCE = new NOPTransformer();

    /**
     * Factory returning the singleton instance.
     * 
     * @return the singleton instance
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    public static Transformer getInstance() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    private NOPTransformer() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the input to result by doing nothing.
     * 
     * @param input  the input object to transform
     * @return the transformed result which is the input
     */
    public Object transform(Object input) {
        return input;
    }

}