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018 package org.apache.camel;
019
020 /**
021 * A pluggable strategy to be able to convert objects
022 * <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/camel/type-converter.html">to different types</a>
023 * such as to and from String, InputStream/OutputStream, Reader/Writer, Document, byte[], ByteBuffer etc
024 *
025 * @version $Revision: 532316 $
026 */
027 public interface TypeConverter {
028 /**
029 * Converts the value to the specified type
030 * @param type the requested type
031 * @param value the value to be converted
032 * @return the converted value or null if it can not be converted
033 */
034 <T> T convertTo(Class<T> type, Object value);
035 }