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package org.apache.metamodel.convert;
/**
* Defines an interface for converting values from and to their physical
* materializations and their virtual representations.
*
* @see Converters
*
* @param <P>
* the physical type of value
* @param <V>
* the virtual type of value
*/
public interface TypeConverter<P, V> {
/**
* Converts a virtual representation of a value into it's physical value.
*
* @param virtualValue
* the virtual representation
* @return the physical value
*/
public P toPhysicalValue(V virtualValue);
/**
* Converts a physical value into it's virtual representation.
*
* @param physicalValue
* the physical value
* @return the virtual representation
*/
public V toVirtualValue(P physicalValue);
}