/*
* eID Applet Project.
* Copyright (C) 2008-2009 FedICT.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version
* 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This software 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this software; if not, see
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
*/
package be.fedict.eid.applet.service.impl.tlv;
/**
* Interface for a data convertor component.
*
* @author Frank Cornelis
*
* @param <T>
* the type to which to convert to.
*/
public interface DataConvertor<T> {
/**
* Convert the given byte array to the data convertor data type.
*
* @param value
* the byte array to convert.
* @return an object of the data convertor data type type.
* @throws DataConvertorException
* in case the conversion failed.
*/
T convert(byte[] value) throws DataConvertorException;
}