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package org.apache.sling.jcr.resource.internal.helper;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * A converter converts a value to a specific target type.
 */
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Convert to Long.
     * @return Long representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Long toLong();

    /**
     * Convert to Byte.
     * @return Byte representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Byte toByte();

    /**
     * Convert to Short.
     * @return Short representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Short toShort();

    /**
     * Convert to Integer.
     * @return Integer representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Integer toInteger();

    /**
     * Convert to Double.
     * @return Double representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Double toDouble();

    /**
     * Convert to Float.
     * @return Float representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull Float toFloat();

    /**
     * Convert to ZonedDateTime.
     * @return Calendar representation of the converted value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if the value cannot be parsed into a calendar
     */
    @NotNull ZonedDateTime toZonedDateTime();

    /**
     * Convert to Calendar.
     * @return Calendar representation of the converted value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if the value cannot be parsed into a calendar
     */
    @NotNull Calendar toCalendar();

    /**
     * Convert to Date.
     * @return Date representation of the converted value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if the value cannot be parsed into a date
     */
    @NotNull Date toDate();

    /**
     * Convert to boolean.
     * @return  Boolean representation of the converted value
     */
    @NotNull Boolean toBoolean();

    /**
     * Convert to BigDecimal.
     * @return BigDecimal representation of the converted value
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the conversion fails
     */
    @NotNull BigDecimal toBigDecimal();

}