legacy/org.argeo.slc.support/src/org/argeo/slc/diff/DataInterpreter.java

   1 package org.argeo.slc.diff;
   2
   3 /**
   4  * Converts data into a format better adapted for comparison. It is typically
   5  * used to convert <code>String</code> into typed format such as
   6  * <code>BigDecimal</code>
   7  */
   8 public interface DataInterpreter {
   9         /**
  10          * Converts data
  11          *
  12          * @param key
  13          *            any object used to differentiate the type of data (e.g.
  14          *            column, path)
  15          * @param value
  16          *            the data to convert
  17          * @return the converted object
  18          */
  19         public Object convert(Object key, Object value);
  20 }