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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Google, Inc.
 *
 * 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
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 */
package org.onebusaway.gtfs.serialization.mappings;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
import org.onebusaway.csv_entities.CsvEntityContext;
import org.onebusaway.csv_entities.schema.FieldMapping;

/**
 * Factory interface for creating a {@link Converter}. Some {@link FieldMapping}
 * classes implement this interface, allowing access to the String-to-value
 * converter used in the field mapping.
 * 
 * @author bdferris
 */
public interface ConverterFactory {

  /**
   * @param context
   * @return creates a String-to-value Converter for the specified
   *         {@link CsvEntityContext}.
   */
  public Converter create(CsvEntityContext context);
}