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package org.apache.cayenne.reflect;
/**
* A helper class to do property type conversions.
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public abstract class Converter<T> {
/**
* Converts object to supported class without doing any type checking.
* @param value
* the object to convert; the source
* @param type
* the Class to convert the value to; the destination type
* @return
* an object of type @code{type}. If the conversion fails an exception will be thrown. If value is null then the result will be null.
*/
protected abstract T convert(Object value, Class<T> type);
}