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A Java full-stack web framework with programmatic configuration instead of XML and Annotations.

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/*
 * Mentawai Web Framework http://mentawai.lohis.com.br/
 * Copyright (C) 2005  Sergio Oliveira Jr. ([email protected])
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
package org.mentawai.converter;

import org.mentawai.core.Action;

/**
 * This is a simple interface for field convertion.
 * Check one of its implementations that comes with Mentawai before implementing this class.
 *
 * @author Sergio Oliveira
 */
public interface Converter {
    
    /**
     * Converts a input field from this action.
     *
     * @param field The field to convert.
     * @param action The action from where to get the field.
     * @return The field value converted.
     * @throws ConversionException if the field value cannot be converted.
     */
    public Object convert(String field, Action action) throws ConversionException;
	
}