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package org.apache.brooklyn.util.javalang.coerce;
import org.apache.brooklyn.util.guava.Maybe;
import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
/**
* A coercer that can be registered, which will try to coerce the given input to the given type.
*
* This can be used for "generic" coercers, such as those that look for a {@code fromValue()}
* method on the target type.
*/
@Beta
public interface TryCoercer {
/**
* The meaning of the return value is:
*
* - null - no errors, recommend continue with fallbacks (i.e. not found).
*
- absent - had some kind of exception, recommend continue with fallbacks (but can report this error if
* other fallbacks fail).
*
- present - coercion successful.
*
*/
Maybe tryCoerce(Object input, TypeToken type);
}