/*
* Copyright 2010, 2011 Sousan Rassoul
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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*/
package org.jadira.bindings.core.api;
/**
* Interface for explicitly defining conversions to a target object from a specific
* object type (marshalling).
* <br>
* Implementations of this class should be idempotent (behaviour should not vary
* between calls) and thread-safe.
* <br>
* S refers to the bound type for the conversion <br>
* T refers to the target type
*/
public interface ToMarshaller<S, T> {
/**
* Converts to the given object from the specified object
* @param object Object to transform, not null
* @return S converted to T
*/
T marshal(S object);
/**
* Obtain the bound class
* @return Class
*/
Class<S> getBoundClass();
/**
* Obtain the bound class
* @return Class
*/
Class<T> getTargetClass();
}