001/*
002 *  Copyright 2010, 2011 Chris Pheby
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.jadira.bindings.core.jdk;
017
018import org.jadira.bindings.core.api.Binding;
019
020/**
021 * A base binding implementation that uses the {@link Object#toString} method on
022 * the bound class
023 * @param <S> The type of the class being bound
024 */
025public abstract class AbstractStringBinding<S> implements Binding<S, String> {
026
027    /**
028     * {@inheritDoc}
029     */
030        /* @Override */
031    public String marshal(S object) {
032        return object.toString();
033    }
034    
035    /**
036     * {@inheritDoc}
037     */
038    /* @Override */
039    public abstract S unmarshal(String object);
040
041    /**
042     * {@inheritDoc}
043     */
044    /* @Override */
045        public Class<String> getTargetClass() {
046                return String.class;
047        }
048}