CToString.java

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package org.lightjason.agentspeak.action.builtin.generic.type;

import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.CRawTerm;
import org.lightjason.agentspeak.language.ITerm;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.util.List;


/**
 * converts a value into the string represenation.
 * The action converts any argument into the string
 * represenation, the action never fails
 *
 * {@code [A|B] = generic/type/tostring( 1, "foo" );}
 */
public final class CToString extends ICast
{
    /**
     * serial id
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5084494896831207543L;

    /**
     * cast / translates value
     *
     * @param p_value term value
     * @param p_return return arguments
     * @return successful boolean
     */
    protected final boolean cast( @Nonnull final ITerm p_value, @Nonnull final List<ITerm> p_return )
    {
        p_return.add( CRawTerm.from( p_value.raw().toString() ) );
        return true;
    }

}