1. /*
  2. * Copyright 2001-2004 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.beanutils;
  17. /**
  18. * <p>General purpose data type converter that can be registered and used
  19. * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from
  20. * one type to another.
  21. *
  22. * @author Craig McClanahan
  23. * @author Paulo Gaspar
  24. * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 13:18:33 $
  25. * @since 1.3
  26. */
  27. public interface Converter {
  28. /**
  29. * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the
  30. * specified type.
  31. *
  32. * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
  33. * @param value The input value to be converted
  34. *
  35. * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
  36. * successfully
  37. */
  38. public Object convert(Class type, Object value);
  39. }