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 }