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.locale;
  17. import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
  18. /**
  19. * <p>General purpose locale-sensitive data type converter that can be registered and used
  20. * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from
  21. * one type to another.
  22. *
  23. * @author Yauheny Mikulski
  24. */
  25. public interface LocaleConverter extends Converter {
  26. /**
  27. * Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the
  28. * specified type.
  29. *
  30. * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
  31. * @param value The input value to be converted
  32. * @param pattern The user-defined pattern is used for the input object formatting.
  33. *
  34. * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
  35. * successfully
  36. */
  37. public Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern);
  38. }