BeanConverter.java

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package org.apache.shindig.protocol.conversion;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface for bean conversion classes
 */
public interface BeanConverter {
  <T> T convertToObject(String string, Class<T> className);

  String convertToString(Object pojo);

  /** @return the content type of the converted data */
  String getContentType();

  /**
   * Serialize object to a buffer. Useful for high performance output.
   * @param buf Buffer to append to
   * @param pojo Object to serialize
   * @throws IOException If {@link Appendable#append(char)} throws an exception.
   */
  void append(Appendable buf, Object pojo) throws IOException;
}