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| * which accompanies this distribution. |
| * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Blaise Doughan - 2.5 - initial implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.databaseaccess; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.helper.CoreConversionManager; |
| |
| public interface CorePlatform<CONVERSION_MANAGER extends CoreConversionManager> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Convert the object to the appropriate type by invoking the appropriate |
| * ConversionManager method |
| * @param object - the object that must be converted |
| * @param javaClass - the class that the object must be converted to |
| * @exception - ConversionException, all exceptions will be thrown as this type. |
| * @return - the newly converted object |
| */ |
| Object convertObject(Object sourceObject, Class javaClass); |
| |
| /** |
| * The platform hold its own instance of conversion manager to allow customization. |
| */ |
| CONVERSION_MANAGER getConversionManager(); |
| |
| } |