001    /*
002     @license.text@
003      */
004    package com.hammurapi.convert;
005    
006    import com.hammurapi.util.Context;
007    
008    /**
009     * Part of composite converters which converts one type to another.
010     * @author Pavel Vlasov
011     *
012     * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
013     */
014    public interface AtomicConverter<S, T> {
015            
016            /**
017             * @return Type which converter converts from.
018             */
019            Class<S> getSourceType();
020            
021            /**
022             * @return Type which converter converts to.
023             */
024            Class<? extends T> getTargetType();
025            
026            /**
027             * Converts object to target type.
028             * @param source Source object.
029             * @param master Master converter to delegate conversion 
030             * of object parts.
031             * @return Converted object.
032             */
033            T convert(S source, Converter master, Context context, ClassLoader classLoader);
034    }