diff --git a/src/validate/formatter/EchoFormatter.js b/src/validate/formatter/EchoFormatter.js
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+/**
+ * Echo formatter
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of liza.
+ *
+ *  liza is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+var Class              = require( 'easejs' ).Class,
+    ValidatorFormatter = require( '../ValidatorFormatter' );
+
+
+/**
+ * Echos its input
+ *
+ * This formatter does nothing; it is intended to be used as a base
+ * for mixing in other formatters, or for a formatting noop.
+ */
+module.exports = Class( 'EchoFormatter' )
+    .implement( ValidatorFormatter )
+    .extend(
+{
+    /**
+     * Echo given data
+     *
+     * @param {string} data data to echo
+     *
+     * @return {string} DATA
+     */
+    'virtual public parse': function( data )
+    {
+        return data;
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Echo given data
+     *
+     * @param {string} data data to echo
+     *
+     * @return {string} DATA
+     */
+    'virtual public retrieve': function( data )
+    {
+        return data;
+    }
+} );
diff --git a/test/validate/formatter/EchoFormatterTest.js b/test/validate/formatter/EchoFormatterTest.js
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+/**
+ * Tests echo list formatter
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of liza.
+ *
+ *  liza is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+
+var liza         = require( '../../../' ),
+    Sut          = liza.validate.formatter.EchoFormatter,
+    testValidate = require( './common' ).testValidate,
+    expect       = require( 'chai' ).expect;
+
+
+describe( 'EchoListFormatter', function()
+{
+    testValidate( Sut(), {
+        "":          [ "" ],
+        "foo":       [ "foo" ],
+        "   123   ": [ "   123   " ],
+    } );
+
+
+    describe( 'as a supertype', function()
+    {
+        it( 'permits overriding #parse', function()
+        {
+            var expected = 'parsed';
+
+            expect(
+                Sut.extend(
+                {
+                    'override parse': function( _ ) { return expected; }
+                } )().parse( 'foo' )
+            ).to.equal( expected );
+        } );
+
+
+        it( 'permits overriding #retrieve', function()
+        {
+            var expected = 'retrieved';
+
+            expect(
+                Sut.extend(
+                {
+                    'override retrieve': function( _ ) { return expected; }
+                } )().retrieve( 'foo' )
+            ).to.equal( expected );
+        } );
+    } );
+} );
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