1. /*

  2.  * Copyright 1999-2004 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.jxpath.util;

  17. 

  18. /**

  19.  * A type converter can be installed on TypeUtils to introduce

  20.  * additional type conversions for JXPath. Most of

  21.  * the time BasicTypeConverter should be used as the superclass.

  22.  *

  23.  * @see TypeUtils#setTypeConverter

  24.  *

  25.  * @author Dmitri Plotnikov

  26.  * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:43 $

  27.  */

  28. public interface TypeConverter {

  29. 

  30.     /**

  31.      * Returns true if it can convert the supplied

  32.      * object to the specified class.

  33.      */

  34.     boolean canConvert(Object object, Class toType);

  35. 

  36.     /**

  37.      * Converts the supplied object to the specified

  38.      * type. Throws a runtime exception if the conversion is

  39.      * not possible.

  40.      */

  41.     Object convert(Object object, Class toType);

  42. }