1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ezmorph;
18
19 /**
20 * Marker interface for morphers.<br>
21 * All implementations must have a <code>morph( Object value )</code> method
22 * that returns the appropiate morphed value.
23 *
24 * @author Andres Almiray <aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net>
25 */
26 public interface Morpher
27 {
28 /**
29 * Returns the target Class for conversion.
30 *
31 * @return the target Class for conversion.
32 */
33 Class morphsTo();
34
35 /**
36 * Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.
37 *
38 * @param clazz the source Class
39 * @return true if clazz is supported by this morpher, false otherwise.
40 */
41 boolean supports( Class clazz );
42 }