Extractor.java

/*
 * Copyright 2013 Agorava
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package org.agorava.api.extractor;

/**
 * Generic Extractor, root of all Extractors hierarchy
 *
 * @param <T> type of data extracted
 * @param <F> type of data from which we extract
 * @author Antoine Sabot-Durand
 */
public interface Extractor<T, F> {

    /**
     * Extract data from a given object
     *
     * @param from data from which we should extract
     * @return extracted data
     */
    T extract(F from);

}