MessageConverter.java

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package org.springframework.amqp.support.converter;

import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageProperties;

/**
 * Message converter interface.
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Mark Pollack
 */
public interface MessageConverter {

	/**
	 * Convert a Java object to a Message.
	 * @param object the object to convert
	 * @param messageProperties The message properties.
	 * @return the Message
	 * @throws MessageConversionException in case of conversion failure
	 */
	Message toMessage(Object object, MessageProperties messageProperties) throws MessageConversionException;

	/**
	 * Convert from a Message to a Java object.
	 * @param message the message to convert
	 * @return the converted Java object
	 * @throws MessageConversionException in case of conversion failure
	 */
	Object fromMessage(Message message) throws MessageConversionException;

}