/*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Wayne Meissner, All Rights Reserved This library
* is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
* terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
* Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
* your option) any later version. <p/> This library is distributed in
* the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
* even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for
* more details.
*/
package com.sun.jna;
/**
* Define conversion from a Java type to its corresponding native type.
*/
public interface ToNativeConverter {
/**
* Convert a Java type to an appropriate native type. The new type
* must be one of the following classes:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link Pointer}
* <li>Boolean
* <li>Byte
* <li>Short
* <li>Character
* <li>Integer
* <li>{@link NativeLong}
* <li>Long
* <li>Float
* <li>Double
* <li>{@link Structure}
* <li>String
* <li>{@link WString}
* <li>{@link java.nio.Buffer}
* <li>primitive array
* </ul>
*/
Object toNative(Object value, ToNativeContext context);
/** Indicate the type expected from {@link #toNative}. */
Class nativeType();
}