/******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2016 Oracle
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Konstantin Komissarchik - initial implementation and ongoing maintenance
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.sapphire;
import org.eclipse.sapphire.services.Service;
/**
* Converts an object to the specified type.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:konstantin.komissarchik@oracle.com">Konstantin Komissarchik</a>
*/
public abstract class UniversalConversionService extends Service
{
/**
* Converts an object of source type to target type.
*
* @param object the object to convert
* @param type the conversion target type
* @return the converted object or null if could not be converted
*/
public abstract <T> T convert( Object object, Class<T> type );
}