- /*
- * 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);
-
-
- }