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package com.hotels.styx.api.configuration;
/**
* A function that converts a source to targetType.
*/
public interface Converter {
/**
* Convert the source to targetType.
*
* @param source the source object to convert (may be null)
* @param targetType the target type to convert to (required)
* @return the converted object, an instance of targetType
*/
T convert(Object source, Class targetType);
}