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* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
* 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();
}