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package org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
/**
* <p>General purpose locale-sensitive data type converter that can be registered and used
* within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from
* one type to another.
*
* @author Yauheny Mikulski
*/
public interface LocaleConverter extends Converter {
/**
* Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the
* specified type.
*
* @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
* @param value The input value to be converted
* @param pattern The user-defined pattern is used for the input object formatting.
* @return The converted value
*
* @exception org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException if conversion
* cannot be performed successfully
*/
public Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern);
}
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