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  *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  *  You may obtain a copy of the License at

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 package org.apache.commons.convert1.format;

 import org.apache.commons.convert1.ConversionException;

 import org.apache.commons.convert1.Converter;

 import java.text.Format;

 /**

  * java.text.Format.format(Object); String based converter.

  *

  * @author Henri Yandell

  * @version $Id: FormatConverter.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $

  * @since 0.1

  */

 public final class FormatConverter implements Converter {

     private Format format;

     public FormatConverter(Format format) {

         this.format = format;

     }

     /**

      * Format the specified input object into a String

      *

      * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted

      * @param value The input value to be converted

      *

      * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed

      *  successfully

      */

     public Object convert(Class type, Object value) {

         if(type != String.class) {

             throw new ConversionException("FormatConverter must create Strings. ");

         }

         return this.format.format(value);

     }

 }