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package org.jboss.seam.faces.conversion;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
/**
* <p>
* A generic abstract class implementing Converter, for convenient removal of type casting.
* </p>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:bleathem@gmail.com">Brian Leathem</a>
*/
public abstract class Converter<T> implements javax.faces.convert.Converter {
private FacesContext context;
public abstract T toObject(UIComponent comp, String value);
public abstract String toString(UIComponent comp, T value);
@Override
public Object getAsObject(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent comp, final String value) {
this.context = context;
return toObject(comp, value);
}
@Override
public String getAsString(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent comp, final Object value) {
this.context = context;
return toString(comp, (T) value);
}
public FacesContext getContext() {
return context;
}
}