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025 */
026
027package gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.datatype.adapter;
028
029import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatTypes;
030
031import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.datatype.AbstractDataTypeAdapter;
032import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.metapath.item.atomic.IStringItem;
033
034/**
035 * Provides a common base class for string-based data types.
036 *
037 * @param <ITEM_TYPE>
038 *          the Metapath item type supported by the adapter
039 */
040public abstract class AbstractStringAdapter<ITEM_TYPE extends IStringItem>
041    extends AbstractDataTypeAdapter<String, ITEM_TYPE> {
042
043  /**
044   * Construct a new string-based adapter.
045   */
046  protected AbstractStringAdapter() {
047    super(String.class);
048  }
049
050  @Override
051  public JsonFormatTypes getJsonRawType() {
052    return JsonFormatTypes.STRING;
053  }
054
055  @Override
056  public String parse(String value) {
057    return value;
058  }
059
060  @Override
061  public String copy(Object obj) {
062    // a Java string is immutable
063    return (String) obj;
064  }
065}