1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2009 Stephen Colebourne
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 package org.joda.time.convert;
17
18 /**
19 * Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted.
20 *
21 * @author Brian S O'Neill
22 * @since 1.0
23 */
24 public interface Converter {
25
26 /**
27 * Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may
28 * specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null.
29 *
30 * @return the object type that this converter supports
31 */
32 Class<?> getSupportedType();
33
34 }