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package org.springframework.binding.convert.converters;
/**
* A converter that can also convert from the target back to the source.
*
* @author Keith Donald
*/
public interface TwoWayConverter extends Converter {
/**
* Convert the provided target object argument to an instance of the specified source class.
* @param target the target object to convert, which must be an instance of {@link #getTargetClass()}
* @param sourceClass the source class to convert the target to, which must be equal to or a specialization of
* {@link #getSourceClass()}
* @return the converted object, which must be an instance of the <code>sourceClass</code>
* @throws Exception an exception occurred performing the conversion
*/
public Object convertTargetToSourceClass(Object target, Class<?> sourceClass) throws Exception;
}