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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules;
016    
017    import org.apache.hivemind.Location;
018    import org.apache.hivemind.internal.Module;
019    import org.apache.hivemind.schema.Translator;
020    
021    /**
022     * A translator that returns the input value itself. Used by the BuilderFactory's <string>
023     * constructor argument element.
024     * 
025     * @author Howard Lewis Ship
026     */
027    public class NullTranslator implements Translator
028    {
029        /**
030         * Returns the inputValue.
031         */
032        public Object translate(Module contributingModule, Class propertyType, String inputValue,
033                Location location)
034        {
035            return inputValue;
036        }
037    }