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Simple java library for transforming an Object to another Object.

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/*
 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
 *
 * 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 net.sf.ezmorph;

/**
 * Marker interface for morphers.

 * All implementations must have a morph( Object value ) method
 * that returns the appropiate morphed value.
 *
 * @author Andres Almiray 
 */
public interface Morpher
{
   /**
    * Returns the target Class for conversion.
    *
    * @return the target Class for conversion.
    */
   Class morphsTo();

   /**
    * Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.
    *
    * @param clazz the source Class
    * @return true if clazz is supported by this morpher, false otherwise.
    */
   boolean supports( Class clazz );
}