ObjectConverter.java

// Copyright 2004, FreeHEP.
package org.freehep.util;

/**
 * Object converter which allows conversion of objects of one class into
 * another.
 *
 *
 * @author Mark Donszelmann
 * @version $Id: ObjectConverter.java,v 1.3 2008-05-04 12:22:27 murkle Exp $
 */
public interface ObjectConverter {

	/**
	 * Returns the class the given source object can be converterd to by this
	 * converter. Returns null if the given source object cannot be converted.
	 */
	public Class convertsTo(Object source);

	/**
	 * Returns the converted source object of a class compatible with the one
	 * returned under convertsTo().
	 */
	public Object convert(Object source);
}