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| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion; |
| |
| /** |
| * A one-way converter. |
| * |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * Clients should subclass {@link Converter}. |
| * |
| * @since 1.0 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IConverter { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type whose instances can be converted by this converter. The |
| * return type is Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type |
| * systems than the one provided by Java reflection. |
| * |
| * @return the type whose instances can be converted, or null if this |
| * converter is untyped |
| */ |
| public Object getFromType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type to which this converter can convert. The return type is |
| * Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type systems than |
| * the one provided by Java reflection. |
| * |
| * @return the type to which this converter can convert, or null if this |
| * converter is untyped |
| */ |
| public Object getToType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the result of the conversion of the given object. |
| * |
| * @param fromObject |
| * the object to convert, of type {@link #getFromType()} |
| * @return the converted object, of type {@link #getToType()} |
| */ |
| public Object convert(Object fromObject); |
| } |
