/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2008 Hallvard Traetteberg.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Hallvard Traetteberg - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.e4.tm.stringconverter;
public interface StringConverter {
/**
* Parse the value as an object of the specified class.
*
* @param source The string to be parsed.
* @return The resulting object, or null, of no object could be parsed.
* @throws Exception Must be thrown only if parser knows it is the right one, but fails.
*/
public <T> T convert(String source, Class<T> klass, StringConverterContext context) throws Exception;
}