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package org.wisdom.api.content;
/**
* Service interface published by components able to transform a {@link java.lang.String} to the specified type.
*
* @param the type created by this converter.
*/
public interface ParameterConverter {
/**
* Converts the given input to an object of type T.
*
* @param input the input, can be {@literal null}
* @return the instance of T
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the instance of T cannot be created from the input.
*/
public T fromString(String input) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Gets the type created by this converter.
*
* @return the class of T
*/
public Class getType();
}