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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+module org.eclipse.core.internal.databinding.conversion.StatusToStringConverter;
+
+import java.lang.all;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion.Converter;
+import org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion.IConverter;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Converts an IStatus into a String.  The message of the status is the returned value.
+ * 
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class StatusToStringConverter : Converter , IConverter {
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new instance.
+     */
+    public this() {
+        super(IStatus.classinfo, String.classinfo);
+    }
+    
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion.IConverter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public Object convert(Object fromObject) {
+        if (fromObject is null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter 'fromObject' was null."); //$NON-NLS-1$
+        }
+        
+        IStatus status = cast(IStatus) fromObject;
+        return status.getMessage();
+    }
+}