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package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.Transformer;

Transformer implementation that does nothing.
Since:
3.0/**
 * Transformer implementation that does nothing.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class NOPTransformer<T> implements Transformer<T, T>, Serializable {

    
Serial version UID /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2133891748318574490L;

    
Singleton predicate instance /** Singleton predicate instance */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public static final Transformer INSTANCE = new NOPTransformer<>();

    
Factory returning the singleton instance.
Type parameters:
<T> –  the input/output type
Returns:
the singleton instance
Since:
3.1/**
     * Factory returning the singleton instance.
     *
     * @param <T>  the input/output type
     * @return the singleton instance
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public static <T> Transformer<T, T> nopTransformer() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    
Constructor.
/**
     * Constructor.
     */
    private NOPTransformer() {
        super();
    }

    
Transforms the input to result by doing nothing.
Params:
input –  the input object to transform
Returns:
the transformed result which is the input/**
     * Transforms the input to result by doing nothing.
     *
     * @param input  the input object to transform
     * @return the transformed result which is the input
     */
    @Override
    public T transform(final T input) {
        return input;
    }

    private Object readResolve() {
        return INSTANCE;
    }

}