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Rule-based UI form validation library for Android

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Mobs & Geeks
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
 * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the
 * License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
 * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.adapter;

import android.view.View;

import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.exception.ConversionException;

/**
 * {@link com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.adapter.ViewDataAdapter}s are used to extract data from
 * {@link android.view.View}s. Saripaar provides a set of default adapters for stock Android
 * widgets. Developers can implement their own adapters for custom views or data types they are
 * interested in.
 *
 * @author Ragunath Jawahar {@literal }
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ViewDataAdapter {

    /**
     * Extract and return the appropriate data from a given {@link android.view.View}.
     *
     * @param view  The {@link android.view.View} from which contains the data that we are
     *      interested in.
     *
     * @return The interested data.
     *
     * @throws ConversionException If the adapter is unable to convert the data to the expected
     *      data type.
     */
    DATA getData(VIEW view) throws ConversionException;
}