/*

  * Copyright 2006-2007 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

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  * 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 net.sf.ezmorph;

 /**

  * Marker interface for morphers.<br>

  * All implementations must have a <code>morph( Object value )</code> method

  * that returns the appropiate morphed value.

  *

  * @author Andres Almiray <aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net>

  */

 public interface Morpher

 {

    /**

     * Returns the target Class for conversion.

     *

     * @return the target Class for conversion.

     */

    Class morphsTo();

    /**

     * Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.

     *

     * @param clazz the source Class

     * @return true if clazz is supported by this morpher, false otherwise.

     */

    boolean supports( Class clazz );

 }