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17 package org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale;
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19 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
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22 /**
23 * <p>General purpose locale-sensitive data type converter that can be registered and used
24 * within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from
25 * one type to another.
26 *
27 * @author Yauheny Mikulski
28 */
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30 public interface LocaleConverter extends Converter {
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33 /**
34 * Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the
35 * specified type.
36 *
37 * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
38 * @param value The input value to be converted
39 * @param pattern The user-defined pattern is used for the input object formatting.
40 *
41 * @exception ConversionException if conversion cannot be performed
42 * successfully
43 */
44 public Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern);
45 }