| /* |
| * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2017). 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.util.converter; |
| |
| import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType; |
| |
| /** |
| * The Converter service is used to start a conversion. The service is obtained |
| * from the service registry. The conversion is then completed via the |
| * Converting interface that has methods to specify the target type. |
| * |
| * @author $Id$ |
| */ |
| @ProviderType |
| public interface Converter { |
| /** |
| * Start a conversion for the given object. |
| * |
| * @param obj The object that should be converted. |
| * @return A {@link Converting} object to complete the conversion. |
| */ |
| Converting convert(Object obj); |
| |
| /** |
| * Start defining a function that can perform given conversions. |
| * |
| * @return A {@link Functioning} object to complete the definition. |
| */ |
| Functioning function(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Obtain a builder to create a modified converter based on this converter. |
| * For more details see the {@link ConverterBuilder} interface. |
| * |
| * @return A new Converter Builder. |
| */ |
| ConverterBuilder newConverterBuilder(); |
| } |