/* * #! * Ontopia Engine * #- * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2013 The Ontopia Project * #- * 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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * !# */ package net.ontopia.utils; /** * PUBLIC: Stringifies objects. The stringifier interface consists of * one method called toString which takes a single Object * argument. The return value is a string that is the string * representation of that object.</p> */ public interface StringifierIF<T> { /** * Returns a stringified version of the object, i.e. a string * representation of that object. * * @param object the object that is to be made a string * representation of. * @return a string representation of the <code>object</code> * argument. */ public String toString(T object); }