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003     * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
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006     * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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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.Exchange;
020    import org.apache.camel.TypeConverter;
021    
022    /**
023     * A simple converter that can convert any object to a String type by using the
024     * toString() method of the object.
025     *
026     * @version $Revision: 1092 $
027     */
028    public class ToStringTypeConverter implements TypeConverter {
029    
030        public <T> T convertTo(Class<T> toType, Object value) {
031            if (value != null) {
032                if (toType.equals(String.class)) {
033                    return (T)value.toString();
034                }
035            }
036            return null;
037        }
038    
039        public <T> T convertTo(Class<T> type, Exchange exchange, Object value) {
040            return convertTo(type, value);
041        }
042    }