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/*
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
*
* Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
* http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
*/
package com.tangosol.coherence.jcache.common;
/**
* Converts values of a specified type to and from an internal representation.
*
* {@link InternalConverter}s are typically used convert cache keys and values
* to and from an appropriate internal representation.
*
* The internal representation is declared as an Object as the type is typically
* unknown until runtime.
*
* @param the type of value to convert
*
* @author bo 2013.11.24
* @since Coherence 12.1.3
*/
public interface InternalConverter
{
/**
* Converts a value to an internal representation.
*
* @param value the value to convert
* @return an internal representation of the value
*/
Object toInternal(T value);
/**
* Converts an internal representation of a value to a value.
*
* @param object the internal representation of the value
* @return the value
*/
T fromInternal(Object object);
}