| /* |
| * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2008, 2009). All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * 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 org.osgi.service.blueprint.container; |
| |
| /** |
| * Type converter to convert an object to a target type. |
| * |
| * @ThreadSafe |
| * @version $Revision: 792499 $ |
| */ |
| public interface Converter { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return if this converter is able to convert the specified object to the |
| * specified type. |
| * |
| * @param sourceObject The source object <code>s</code> to convert. |
| * @param targetType The target type <code>T</code>. |
| * |
| * @return <code>true</code> if the conversion is possible, |
| * <code>false</code> otherwise. |
| */ |
| boolean canConvert(Object sourceObject, ReifiedType targetType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Convert the specified object to an instance of the specified type. |
| * |
| * @param sourceObject The source object <code>s</code> to convert. |
| * @param targetType The target type <code>T</code>. |
| * @return An instance with a type that is assignable from targetType's raw |
| * class |
| * @throws Exception If the conversion cannot succeed. This exception should |
| * not be thrown when the {@link #canConvert canConvert} method has |
| * returned <code>true</code>. |
| */ |
| Object convert(Object sourceObject, ReifiedType targetType) |
| throws Exception; |
| } |