/*
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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 casting.
*/
public interface SimpleTypeCaster {
/**
* Casts an object to another type, typically for numeric types.
* <p>
* May performs a compatibility check and returns null if not compatible.
*
* @param object to cast
* @return casted or transformed object, possibly the same, or null if the cast cannot be made
*/
public Object cast(Object object);
/**
* Returns true to indicate that the cast target type is numeric.
*
* @return true for numeric cast
*/
public boolean isNumericCast();
}