AbstractTextualConverter.java

/*
 * File:                AbstractTextualConverter.java
 * Authors:             Justin Basilico
 * Company:             Sandia National Laboratories
 * Project:             Cognitive Foundry Text Core
 * 
 * Copyright February 01, 2011, Sandia Corporation.
 * Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive 
 * license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export 
 * of this program may require a license from the United States Government. 
 */

package gov.sandia.cognition.text.convert;

import gov.sandia.cognition.text.Textual;
import gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable;

/**
 * An abstract implementation of the {@code TextualConverter} interface.
 *
 * @param   <InputType>
 *      The type of input that can be converted to a textual form.
 * @param   <OutputType>
 *      The type of textual output of the converter. Must implement the
 *      {@code Textual} interface.
 * @author  Justin Basilico
 * @since   3.1
 */
public abstract class AbstractTextualConverter<InputType, OutputType extends Textual>
    extends AbstractCloneableSerializable
    implements TextualConverter<InputType, OutputType>
{

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code AbstractTextualConverter}.
     */
    public AbstractTextualConverter()
    {
        super();
    }

}