Class StringManager

PCGen-base/code/src/java/pcgen/base/format/StringManager.java:32–113

A StringManager is a FormatManager for dealing with String objects.

 * A StringManager is a FormatManager for dealing with String objects.
 */
public class StringManager implements FormatManager<String>, ComparableManager<String>
{

	/**
	 * Converts the given String to an object of the type processed by this
	 * FormatManager.
	 */
	@Override
	public String convert(String s)
	{
		return Objects.requireNonNull(s);
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the given String to an Indirect containing an object of the type
	 * processed by this FormatManager.
	 */
	@Override
	public Indirect<String> convertIndirect(String s)
	{
		return new BasicIndirect<>(this, Objects.requireNonNull(s));
	}

	/**
	 * "Unconverts" the object (converts the object to a "serializable" String
	 * format that can be reinterpreted by the convert* methods).
	 */
	@Override
	public String unconvert(String s)
	{
		return Objects.requireNonNull(s);
	}

	/**
	 * The Class that this FormatManager can convert or unconvert.
	 */
	@Override
	public Class<String> getManagedClass()
	{
		return String.class;
	}

	/**
	 * The String used to refer to this format in files like the variable
	 * definition file.
	 */
	@Override
	public String getIdentifierType()
	{
		return "STRING";
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode()
	{
		return 987;
	}