001/*
002 * JRecordBind, fixed-length file (un)marshaller
003 * Copyright 2019, Federico Fissore, and individual contributors. See
004 * AUTHORS.txt in the distribution for a full listing of individual
005 * contributors.
006 *
007 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
008 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
009 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
010 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
015 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
019 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
020 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
021 */
022
023package org.fissore.jrecordbind;
024
025/**
026 * Used to convert a String to an appropriate object and an object to its String representation. Must be stateless.<br>
027 * <p>
028 * See {@link org.fissore.jrecordbind.converters} for the bundled ones.
029 */
030public interface Converter {
031
032  /**
033   * Converts a String into an object, e.g. String 19790518 to Date May 18th, 1979
034   *
035   * @param value the string to convert
036   * @return the converted object
037   */
038  Object convert(String value);
039
040  /**
041   * Converts an object into string, e.g. Date May 18th, 1979 to String 19790518
042   *
043   * @param value the object to convert
044   * @return a string rapresentation of the object
045   */
046  String toString(Object value);
047
048}