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/*
 * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package leap.lang.convert;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import leap.lang.Out;
import leap.lang.Strings;

public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Converts the value to the target type.
     *
     * 
     * Returns true if the converter can converts the value to the target type,
     *
     * and sets the converted value to the out object.
     *
     * 

     * Returns false if the converter cannot converts the value to the target type,
     *
     * that means the converter does not supports both the value type and the target type.
     */
    boolean convertFrom(Object value, Class targetType, Type genericType, Out