/*
This file is part of Cyclos (www.cyclos.org).
A project of the Social Trade Organisation (www.socialtrade.org).
Cyclos is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
Cyclos is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package nl.strohalm.cyclos.utils.conversion;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Generic interface for data conversion
* @author luis
*/
public interface Converter<T> extends Serializable {
/**
* Formats the given object, returning the resulting String
*/
String toString(T object);
/**
* Parses the given string, converting it to the parametrized type T
*/
T valueOf(String string);
}