IValueFormatter.java

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 *     Marco Descher, initial API and implementaion
 *     Lucia Amman, bug fixes and improvements
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package at.medevit.elexis.gdt.ui.table.util;

/**
 * An IValueFormatter describes a conversion for a value in both directions. Formatters are used for
 * display and editing, that's why both directions are there. If you implement a formatter that's
 * only for display, let the parse method throw an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
 * 
 * @author Ralf Ebert <info@ralfebert.de>
 */
public interface IValueFormatter<FROM, TO> {
	
	public TO format(FROM obj);
	
	public FROM parse(TO obj);
	
}