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package org.springframework.core.convert.converter;
/**
* A factory for "ranged" converters that can convert objects from S to subtypes of R.
*
* Implementations may additionally implement {@link ConditionalConverter}.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @since 3.0
* @see ConditionalConverter
* @param the source type converters created by this factory can convert from
* @param the target range (or base) type converters created by this factory can convert to;
* for example {@link Number} for a set of number subtypes.
*/
public interface ConverterFactory {
/**
* Get the converter to convert from S to target type T, where T is also an instance of R.
* @param the target type
* @param targetType the target type to convert to
* @return a converter from S to T
*/
Converter getConverter(Class targetType);
}