| // Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal; |
| |
| import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.TypeCoercer; |
| |
| /** |
| * A simplified version of {@link TypeCoercer} used to defer the instantiation of the actual TypeCoercer |
| * service until necessary. |
| * |
| * @since 5.3 |
| */ |
| public interface TypeCoercerProxy |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns input cast to targetType if input is an instance of target type, otherwise delegates |
| * to {@link TypeCoercer#coerce(Object, Class)}. |
| * |
| * @param <S> |
| * @param <T> |
| * @param input |
| * value to be coerced |
| * @param targetType |
| * desired type of value |
| * @return the value, coerced |
| * @throws RuntimeException |
| * if the input can not be coerced |
| */ |
| <S, T> T coerce(S input, Class<T> targetType); |
| |
| } |