001    /*
002     *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
003     *
004     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     *  limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.apache.commons.convert1;
017    
018    /**
019     * The ConverterRegistry will automatically use any 
020     * registered ConverterFactory's to get underlying Converters. 
021     * A ConverterFactory may return another ConverterFactory if 
022     * desired, as long as a Converter is returned in the end.
023     *
024     * @author Henri Yandell
025     * @since 0.1
026     */
027    public interface ConverterFactory {
028    
029        public Object create(Class fromClass, Class toClass);
030    
031    }