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The basic runtime tools and interfaces for intarsys components.

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package de.intarsys.tools.adapter;

/**
 * An object that is able to be adapted to another type.
 * 
 * This can be interpreted as a "dynamic" cast to a type that is not statically
 * declared for the receiver. This pattern allows more freedom in layered /
 * component oriented architectures, as the receiver object is not forced to
 * implement a certain interface at compile time.
 * 

 * A generic implementation of this method could use the {@link IAdapterOutlet}
 * singleton to delegate adapter creation to a registered
 * {@link IAdapterFactory}.
 * 
 * 
 * public <T> T getAdapter(Class<T> clazz) {
 * 	return AdapterOutlet.get().getAdapter(this, clazz);
 * }
 * 
 */
public interface IAdapterSupport {

	/**
	 * Return an object of type clazz that represents the receiver.
	 * 
	 * This method should return null if adaption is not possible.
	 * 
	 * @param 
	 * @param clazz
	 * @return Return an object of type clazz that represents the
	 *         receiver.
	 */
	public  T getAdapter(Class clazz);
}