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package com.twelvemonkeys.util.convert;
/**
* Converts strings to objects and back.
*
* @author Harald Kuhr
* @author last modified by $Author: haku $
* @version $Id: //depot/branches/personal/haraldk/twelvemonkeys/release-2/twelvemonkeys-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/util/convert/PropertyConverter.java#1 $
*/
public interface PropertyConverter {
/**
* Converts the string to an object, using the given format for parsing.
*
* @param pString the string to convert
* @param pType the type to convert to. {@code PropertyConverter}
* implementations may choose to ignore this parameter.
* @param pFormat the format used for parsing. {@code PropertyConverter}
* implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also,
* implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default
* format, and allow {@code null} as the format argument.
*
* @return the object created from the given string.
*
* @throws ConversionException if the string could not be converted to the
* specified type and format.
*/
public Object toObject(String pString, Class pType, String pFormat)
throws ConversionException;
/**
* Converts the object to a string, using the given format
*
* @param pObject the object to convert
* @param pFormat the format used for parsing. {@code PropertyConverter}
* implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also,
* implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default
* format, and allow {@code null} as the format argument.
*
* @return the string representation of the object, on the correct format.
*
* @throws ConversionException if the string could not be converted to the
* specified type and format.
*/
public String toString(Object pObject, String pFormat)
throws ConversionException;
}