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08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
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16: */
17:
18: package org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale;
19:
20: import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
21:
22: /**
23: * <p>General purpose locale-sensitive data type converter that can be registered and used
24: * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from
25: * one type to another.
26: *
27: * @author Yauheny Mikulski
28: */
29:
30: public interface LocaleConverter extends Converter {
31:
32: /**
33: * Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the
34: * specified type.
35: *
36: * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
37: * @param value The input value to be converted
38: * @param pattern The user-defined pattern is used for the input object formatting.
39: * @return The converted value
40: *
41: * @exception org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException if conversion
42: * cannot be performed successfully
43: */
44: public Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern);
45: }
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