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/* * Copyright 2001-2004 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.beanutils; /** * <p>General purpose data type converter that can be registered and used * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from * one type to another. * * @author Craig McClanahan * @author Paulo Gaspar * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:33 $ * @since 1.3 */ public interface Converter { /** * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the * specified type. * * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted * @param value The input value to be converted * * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed * successfully */ public Object convert(Class type, Object value); }