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 }