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Java wrapper for Labs64 NetLicensing RESTful API
/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package com.labs64.netlicensing.schema.converter;
import com.labs64.netlicensing.exception.ConversionException;
/**
* A converter converts a source object of type S to a target of type T. Implementations of this interface are
* thread-safe and can be shared.
*
* @param
* The source type
* @param
* The target type
*/
public interface Converter {
/**
* Convert the source of type S to target type T.
*
* @param source
* the source object to converter, which must be an instance of S
* @return the converted object, which must be an instance of T
* @throws ConversionException
* if the source could not be converted to the desired target type
*/
T convert(S source) throws ConversionException;
}