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*
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* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
*
* $Id$
*/
package org.eclipse.ecr.core.schema.types;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
*
*/
public interface TypeHelper extends Serializable {
Object decode(String input);
String encode(Object input);
Object normalize(Object value);
<T> T convertTo(Object value, Class<T> toType);
boolean isTypeCompatible(Class<?> type);
boolean isValueCompatible(Object value);
Object newInstance();
}