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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.convert;

/**
 * Interface for doing automatic String conversion to a specific type.
 *
 * @param <T> Converts Strings into the given type {@code T}.
 * @since 2.1 Moved to the {@code convert} package.
 */
public interface TypeConverter<T> {

    /**
     * Converts a String to a given type.
     *
     * @param s the String to convert. Cannot be {@code null}.
     * @return the converted object.
     * @throws Exception thrown when a conversion error occurs
     */
    T convert(String s) throws Exception;
}