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* Foundation.
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*
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* Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Pentaho Corporation.. All rights reserved.
*/
package org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.layout.richtext;
import org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.ReportElement;
/**
* A worker that converts raw-objects into rich-text objects. The worker expects either a byte-array, a char-array, a
* string or a native Document and returns the converted value (or the value unchanged if its not a rich-text object).
*
* @author Thomas Morgner.
*/
public interface RichTextConverter {
public boolean isRecognizedType( final String mimeType );
public Object convert( final ReportElement source, final Object value );
}