/*

  * Copyright 2007-2010 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community 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

  *

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.core.web.format;

 import java.util.Collection;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.web.format.Formatter;

 /**

  * Currently, in the {@link Formatter Formatter} class, array are formatted

  * by returning the first item in the array.  This is not acceptable in some cases.

  * 

  * <p>

  * One example is a struts multi-select dropdown.  In order for struts to correctly handle

  * field highlighting struts expects an array.

  * </p>

  * 

  * <p>

  * This formatter does not handle {@code null} arrays or arrays with {@code null} items.

  * This class may need to be modified to handle these conditions.

  * </p>

  */

 public class ArrayFormatter extends Formatter {

     private static final long serialVersionUID = -2207993820610088716L;

     /*

     public Object convertFromPresentationFormat(Object value) {

         if (isEmptyValue(value))

             return getNullObjectValue();

         Class type = value.getClass();

         boolean isArray = true;

         boolean isCollection = propertyType != null && Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(propertyType);

         String[] strings = isArray ? (String[]) value : new String[] { (String) value };

         return isArray ? convertToArray(strings) : convertToCollection(strings);

     }

     */

     /**

      * Returns the value passed in.

      * 

      * {@inheritDoc}

      */

     @Override

     public Object formatObject(Object value) {

         return value;

     }

 }