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| 1.0;1 |
| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation | |
| 3 | * | |
| 4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
| 5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| 6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| 7 | * | |
| 8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| 9 | * | |
| 10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| 11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| 12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| 13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 14 | * limitations under the License. | |
| 15 | */ | |
| 16 | package org.apache.commons.convert1; | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | ||
| 19 | /** | |
| 20 | * <p>General purpose data type converter that can be registered and used | |
| 21 | * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from | |
| 22 | * one type to another. | |
| 23 | * | |
| 24 | * @author Craig McClanahan | |
| 25 | * @author Paulo Gaspar | |
| 26 | * @version $Id: Converter.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $ | |
| 27 | * @since 0.1 | |
| 28 | */ | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | public interface Converter { | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | ||
| 33 | /** | |
| 34 | * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the | |
| 35 | * specified type. | |
| 36 | * | |
| 37 | * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted | |
| 38 | * @param value The input value to be converted | |
| 39 | * | |
| 40 | * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed | |
| 41 | * successfully | |
| 42 | */ | |
| 43 | public Object convert(Class type, Object value); | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | ||
| 46 | } |