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    2    * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
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    5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    16  package org.apache.commons.jxpath.util;
    17
    18  /***
    19   * A type converter can be installed on TypeUtils to introduce
    20   * additional type conversions for JXPath. Most of
    21   * the time BasicTypeConverter should be used as the superclass.
    22   *
    23   * @see TypeUtils#setTypeConverter
    24   *
    25   * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
    26   * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:43 $
    27   */
    28  public interface TypeConverter {
    29
    30      /***
    31       * Returns true if it can convert the supplied
    32       * object to the specified class.
    33       */
    34      boolean canConvert(Object object, Class toType);
    35
    36      /***
    37       * Converts the supplied object to the specified
    38       * type. Throws a runtime exception if the conversion is
    39       * not possible.
    40       */
    41      Object convert(Object object, Class toType);
    42  }