/*

  *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  *  You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  *  limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.apache.commons.convert1;

 /**

  * The ConverterRegistry will automatically use any 

  * registered ConverterFactory's to get underlying Converters. 

  * A ConverterFactory may return another ConverterFactory if 

  * desired, as long as a Converter is returned in the end.

  *

  * @author Henri Yandell

  * @since 0.1

  */

 public interface ConverterFactory {

     public Object create(Class fromClass, Class toClass);

 }