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Private implementation of the Apache MyFaces Trinidad project

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package org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * This class is capable of converting
 * one Object into another.
 * Users of this class may discover source types supported by this TypeConverter
 * by specifying a target type. Regular GenericConverter allows discovery of supported
 * target types by specifying a source type
 */

public abstract class ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter implements TypeConverter
{
  /**
   * converts the given Object into an instance of the 
   * targetType.
   * @return an instance of the targetType.
   */
  public abstract Object convert(Object source, Class targetType);
    
  /**
   * Gets all the supported source types for the given targetType.
   * This converter must be able to convert each source type into the
   * targetType.
   * @return Each item is of type {@link Class}. An empty list must be
   * returned if the given targetType cannot be converted from anything.
   */
  public abstract List> getSourceTypes(Class targetType);
}