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 that return an Object.<br>
21 *
22 * @author Andres Almiray <aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net>
23 */
24 public interface ObjectMorpher extends Morpher
25 {
26 /**
27 * Morphs the input object into an output object of the supported type.
28 *
29 * @param value The input value to be morphed
30 * @exception MorphException if conversion cannot be performed successfully
31 */
32 Object morph( Object value );
33 }