PropertyType.java

package treeProperties;


/**
 * PropertyTypeHandler.java
 *
 * Created on 19.08.2009
 */


/**
 * The class PropertyType. A property type is used to process special, suffixed entries in a {@link TreeProperties}
 * ' properties-file
 *
 * @author Clemens Koza
 * @version V0.0 19.08.2009
 *
 *  @param <T>
 *
 */
public interface PropertyType<T> {
    /**
     * The suffix, not including "--", that identifies this content type.
     *
     * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
     */
    public String getSuffix();

    /**
     * The class that identifies this content type.
     *
     * @return a {@link java.lang.Class} object.
     */
    public Class<T> getType();

    /**
     * Returns an object for the specified value, in the context of a TreeProperties.
     *
     * @param p a {@link treeProperties.TreeProperties} object.
     * @param s a {@link java.lang.String} object.
     * @return a T object.
     */
    public T toObject(TreeProperties p, String s);
}