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017    package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;
018    
019    import java.io.Serializable;
020    
021    import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;
022    
023    /**
024     * Transformer implementation that returns the result of calling
025     * <code>String.valueOf</code> on the input object.
026     *
027     * @since Commons Collections 3.0
028     * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
029     *
030     * @author Stephen Colebourne
031     */
032    public final class StringValueTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable {
033    
034        /** Serial version UID */
035        private static final long serialVersionUID = 7511110693171758606L;
036    
037        /** Singleton predicate instance */
038        public static final Transformer INSTANCE = new StringValueTransformer();
039    
040        /**
041         * Factory returning the singleton instance.
042         * 
043         * @return the singleton instance
044         * @since Commons Collections 3.1
045         */
046        public static Transformer getInstance() {
047            return INSTANCE;
048        }
049    
050        /**
051         * Restricted constructor.
052         */
053        private StringValueTransformer() {
054            super();
055        }
056    
057        /**
058         * Transforms the input to result by calling <code>String.valueOf</code>.
059         * 
060         * @param input  the input object to transform
061         * @return the transformed result
062         */
063        public Object transform(Object input) {
064            return String.valueOf(input);
065        }
066    
067    }