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 package javax.faces.convert;

 import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;

 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

 /**

  * see Javadoc of <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/api/index.html">JSF Specification</a>

  *

  * @author Thomas Spiegl (latest modification by $Author: skitching $)

  * @version $Revision: 676298 $ $Date: 2008-07-13 05:31:48 -0500 (Sun, 13 Jul 2008) $

  */

 public interface Converter

 {

     Object getAsObject(FacesContext context,

                        UIComponent component,

                        String value) throws ConverterException;

     String getAsString(FacesContext context,

                        UIComponent component,

                        Object value) throws ConverterException;

 }