/*

  * Copyright 2006-2008 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

  * limitations under the License.

  */

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

 /**

  * This class is used to convert Boolean objects into and from 'true' and 'false' Strings, since that's what JSTL expects to use in

  * conditionals.

  */

 public class SimpleBooleanFormatter extends Formatter {

     /**

      * Converts the given true/false String into a Boolean.

      */

     protected Object convertToObject(String target) {

         return Boolean.valueOf(target);

     }

     /**

      * Converts the given Boolean into a boolean String.

      */

     public Object format(Object value) {

         Object formatted = value;

         if ((value != null) && (value instanceof Boolean)) {

             formatted = value.toString();

         }

         return formatted;

     }

 }