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package org.picocontainer;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
/**
* A facade for a collection of converters that provides string-to-type conversions.
*
* @author Paul Hammant
* @author Michael Rimov
*/
public interface Converters {
/**
* Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
*
* @param type the object Type to convert to
* @return true if the type can be converted to
*/
boolean canConvert(Type type);
/**
* Converts a particular string value into the target type
*
* @param value the String value to convert
* @param type the object Type to convert to
* @return The converted Object instance
*/
Object convert(String value, Type type);
}