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/*
 * Hibernate Search, full-text search for your domain model
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or .
 */
package org.hibernate.search.bridge;

/**
 * StringBridge allowing a translation from the string representation back to the Object.
 * objectToString( stringToObject( string ) ) and stringToObject( objectToString( object ) )
 * should be "idempotent". More precisely:
 * 
 * objectToString( stringToObject( string ) ).equals(string), for non null string.
 * stringToObject( objectToString( object ) ).equals(object), for non null object. 
 * 
 *
 * As for all Bridges implementations must be threadsafe.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public interface TwoWayStringBridge extends StringBridge {

	/**
	 * Convert the index string representation to an object.
	 *
	 * @param stringValue The index value.
	 * @return Takes the string representation from the Lucene index and transforms it back into the original
	 * Object.
	 */
	Object stringToObject(String stringValue);
}