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package cz.jalasoft.lifeconfig.converter;
/**
* A functional interface that does a conversion from
* generic type F to generic type T.
*
* Created by Honza Lastovicka on 18.4.15.
*/
public interface Converter {
/**
* Converts from F to T
* @param from must not be null
* @return never null
* @throws ConverterException if a problem occurred during the conversion
* @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if from is null
*/
Object convert(Object from) throws ConverterException;
/**
* A type of a source object.
* @return never null
*/
Class sourceType();
/**
* A type of a target object.
* @return never null
*/
Class targetType();
}