001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2011 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 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 * Contributors: 017 * bstefanescu 018 */ 019package org.nuxeo.ecm.automation; 020 021/** 022 * An object that can adapt a given object instance to an object of another type A type adapter accepts only one type of 023 * objects and can produce only one type of object. 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a> 026 */ 027public interface TypeAdapter { 028 029 /** 030 * Adapt the given object to an instance of the given target type. The input object cannot be null. Throws an 031 * exception if the object cannot be adapted. 032 * 033 * @param ctx 034 * @param objectToAdapt 035 * @throws TypeAdaptException when the object cannot be adapted 036 */ 037 Object getAdaptedValue(OperationContext ctx, Object objectToAdapt) throws TypeAdaptException; 038 039}