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 package javax.faces.convert;

 import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;

 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

 import org.apache.myfaces.buildtools.maven2.plugin.builder.annotation.JSFWebConfigParam;

 /**

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

  */

 public interface Converter

 {

     /**

      * Set the default timezone as system timezone when a converter extending from DateTimeConverter is created.

      */

     @JSFWebConfigParam(defaultValue="false", expectedValues="true, false", since="2.0", group="validation")

     public static final String DATETIMECONVERTER_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE_IS_SYSTEM_TIMEZONE_PARAM_NAME =

             "javax.faces.DATETIMECONVERTER_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE_IS_SYSTEM_TIMEZONE";

     Object getAsObject(FacesContext context,

                        UIComponent component,

                        String value) throws ConverterException;

     String getAsString(FacesContext context,

                        UIComponent component,

                        Object value) throws ConverterException;

 }