AtomicConverter.java

biz/hammurapi/convert/AtomicConverter.java

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1/*
2 * hgcommons 9
3 * Hammurapi Group Common Library
4 * Copyright (C) 2003 Hammurapi Group
5 *
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19 *
20 * URL: http://www.hammurapi.biz/hammurapi-biz/ef/xmenu/hammurapi-group/products/products/hgcommons/index.html
21 * e-Mail: support@hammurapi.biz
22 */
23package biz.hammurapi.convert;
24
25import biz.hammurapi.config.Context;
26
27/**
28 * Part of composite converters which converts one type to another.
29 * @author Pavel Vlasov
30 *
31 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
32 */
33public interface AtomicConverter {
34
35 /**
36 * @return Type which converter converts from.
37 */
38 Class getSourceType();
39
40 /**
41 * @return Type which converter converts to.
42 */
43 Class getTargetType();
44
45 /**
46 * Converts object to target type.
47 * @param source Source object.
48 * @param master Master converter to delegate conversion
49 * of object parts.
50 * @return Converted object.
51 */
52 Object convert(Object source, Converter master, Context context);
53}
54