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*
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package com.phloc.commons.convert;
/**
* This is a very simple type conversion interface for compile type conversions.
*
* @param
* source type
* @param
* destination type
* @author Philip Helger
*/
public interface IBidirectionalConverter
{
/**
* Convert from SRC to DST.
*
* @param aSource
* The SRC object. No null or non- null
* constraint possible.
* @return The DST object. No null or non- null
* constraint possible.
*/
DSTTYPE convertToDst (SRCTYPE aSource);
/**
* Convert from DST to SRC
*
* @param aDest
* The DST object. No null or non- null
* constraint possible.
* @return The SRC object. No null or non- null
* constraint possible.
*/
SRCTYPE convertToSrc (DSTTYPE aDest);
}