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003     * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
004     * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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006     * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
007     * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
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010     *
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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016     */
017    package org.apache.camel.impl.converter;
018    
019    import org.apache.camel.TypeConverter;
020    
021    /**
022     * A simple converter that can convert any object to a String type by using the
023     * toString() method of the object.
024     * 
025     * @version $Revision: 35332 $
026     */
027    public class ToStringTypeConverter implements TypeConverter {
028    
029        public <T> T convertTo(Class<T> toType, Object value) {
030            if (value != null) {
031                if (toType.equals(String.class)) {
032                    return (T)value.toString();
033                }
034            }
035            return null;
036        }
037    
038    }