NodeConverter.java

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package org.eclipse.che.ide.ui.smartTree.converter;

import org.eclipse.che.ide.api.data.tree.Node;

/**
 * Mechanism to convert node or specific part of node into another representation.
 *
 * @author Vlad Zhukovskyi
 */
public interface NodeConverter<N extends Node, D> {
    /**
     * Convert node into another type, e.g. String or other type.
     *
     * @param node
     *         node to be converted.
     * @return instance of {@link D}
     */
    D convert(N node);
}