1 package org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.basic; 2 3 /* 4 * The MIT License 5 * 6 * Copyright (c) 2004, The Codehaus 7 * 8 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of 9 * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in 10 * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to 11 * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies 12 * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do 13 * so, subject to the following conditions: 14 * 15 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 16 * copies or substantial portions of the Software. 17 * 18 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 19 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 20 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 21 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 22 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 23 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 24 * SOFTWARE. 25 */ 26 27 /** 28 * Translates the String representation of a class into 29 * an instance of the class and vice versa 30 * 31 */ 32 public interface Converter { 33 boolean canConvert(Class type); 34 35 /** 36 * Parses a given String and return 37 * 38 * @param str String representation of the class 39 * @return an instance of the class 40 */ 41 Object fromString(String str); 42 43 String toString(Object obj); 44 }