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package com.google.gwt.text.shared;

/**
 * <span style="color:red">Experimental API: This class is still under rapid
 * development, and is very likely to be deleted. Use it at your own risk.
 * </span>
 * <p>
 * A no-op String parser.
 */
public class PassthroughParser implements Parser<String> {

  private static PassthroughParser INSTANCE;
  
  /**
   * @return the instance of the no-op renderer
   */
  public static Parser<String> instance() {
    if (INSTANCE == null) {
      INSTANCE = new PassthroughParser();
    }
    return INSTANCE;
  }
  
  protected PassthroughParser() {
  }

  public String parse(CharSequence object) {
    return object.toString();
  }
}