Converter.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Envidatec GmbH <info@envidatec.com>
 *
 * This file is part of JECommons.
 *
 * JECommons is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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 * Foundation in version 3.
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 */
package org.jevis.commons.driver;

import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * The interface for the Converter. Each Converter object represents an
 * converter object in the JEVis System. This class is optional. If no converter
 * object is given, the system uses the GenericConverter. In the future this
 * functionality is maybe split into several more specific converter.
 *
 * @author Broder
 */
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Converts the input.
     *
     * @param input
     */
    public void convertInput(InputStream input);

    /**
     * Gets the converted Input in the given class format.
     *
     * @param convertedClass
     * @return
     */
    public Object getConvertedInput(Class convertedClass);

}