Convertible.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2014-2017 by the respective copyright holders.
 * 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
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 */
package org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types;

/**
 * Denotes that a {@link State} object is convertible into another type.
 *
 * @author Simon Kaufmann - initial contribution and API
 *
 */
public interface Convertible {

    /**
     * Convert this {@link State}'s value into another type
     *
     * @param target the desired {@link State} type
     * @return the {@link State}'s value in the given type's representation, or <code>null</code> if the conversion was
     *         not possible
     */
    public State as(Class<? extends State> target);

}