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* Copyright 2001-2009 Stephen Colebourne
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package org.joda.time.convert;
/**
* Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted.
*
* @author Brian S O'Neill
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface Converter {
/**
* Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may
* specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null.
*
* @return the object type that this converter supports
*/
Class getSupportedType();
}