FreeTextDatatype.java

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package org.openmrs.customdatatype.datatype;

import org.openmrs.customdatatype.SerializingCustomDatatype;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

/**
 * Free-text datatype, represented by a plain String.
 * @since 1.9
 */
@Component
public class FreeTextDatatype extends SerializingCustomDatatype<String> {
	
	/**
	 * @see org.openmrs.customdatatype.SerializingCustomDatatype#serialize(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public String serialize(String typedValue) {
		return typedValue;
	}
	
	/**
	 * @see org.openmrs.customdatatype.SerializingCustomDatatype#deserialize(java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public String deserialize(String serializedValue) {
		return serializedValue;
	}
	
}