001 /* 002 * Copyright 2001-2009 Stephen Colebourne 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 package org.joda.time.convert; 017 018 /** 019 * Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted. 020 * 021 * @author Brian S O'Neill 022 * @since 1.0 023 */ 024 public interface Converter { 025 026 /** 027 * Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may 028 * specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null. 029 * 030 * @return the object type that this converter supports 031 */ 032 Class<?> getSupportedType(); 033 034 }