001/*
002 *  Copyright 2001-2009 Stephen Colebourne
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 */
016package org.joda.time.convert;
017
018/**
019 * Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted.
020 *
021 * @author Brian S O'Neill
022 * @since 1.0
023 */
024public interface Converter {
025
026    /**
027     * Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may
028     * specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null.
029     * 
030     * @return the object type that this converter supports
031     */
032    Class<?> getSupportedType();
033
034}