/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.util;
/**
* Interface for number coercion.
*/
public interface SimpleNumberCoercer {
/**
* Coerce the given number to a previously determined type, assuming the type is a Boxed type. Allows coerce to lower resultion number.
* Does't coerce to primitive types.
*
* @param numToCoerce is the number to coerce to the given type
* @return the numToCoerce as a value in the given result type
*/
public Number coerceBoxed(Number numToCoerce);
public Class getReturnType();
}