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package com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.config;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * This class captures the concept of decoding a property value to a particular Java type.
 * 
 * @param 
 */
interface IPropertyValueDecoder {
    /**
     * Get the value that was read from a configuration file and convert it to some type.
     * 
     * @param propertyValue property string value that needs to be decoded.
     * @return property value in type T
     */
    T decodeValue(String propertyValue);

    /**
     * Get a list of supported types for this class.
     * 
     * @return list of supported classes.
     */
    List> getSupportedTypes();
}