01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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:
17: package org.apache.bsf.util.type;
18:
19: /**
20: * A <em>TypeConvertor</em> is used to convert an object of one type to
21: * one of another type. The convertor is invoked with the class of the
22: * from object, the desired class, and the from object itself. The
23: * convertor must return a new object of the desired class.
24: *
25: * @author Sanjiva Weerawarana
26: * @see TypeConvertorRegistry
27: */
28: public interface TypeConvertor {
29: public Object convert(Class from, Class to, Object obj);
30:
31: public String getCodeGenString();
32: }
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