Converter.java

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package org.opencb.hpg.bigdata.core.converters;

/**
 * Converts between two Java classes.
 *
 * @author Joaquín Tárraga Giménez <joaquintarraga@gmail.com>
 */
public interface Converter<S, T> extends org.opencb.biodata.tools.variant.converters.Converter<S, T> {

    T forward(S obj);

    S backward(T obj);

    default T convert(S obj) {
        return forward(obj);
    }

}