Converter.java

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package org.joda.time.convert;

/**
 * Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted.
 *
 * @author Brian S O'Neill
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may
     * specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null.
     * 
     * @return the object type that this converter supports
     */
    Class<?> getSupportedType();

}