/* * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.core.convert.support; /** * A generic converter that, as a ConverterMatcher, conditionally executes. * Often used when selectively matching custom conversion logic based on the presence of a field or class-level annotation. * For example, when converting from a String to a Date field, an implementation might return true if the target field has also been annotated with @DateTimeFormat. * @author Keith Donald * @since 3.0 */ public interface ConditionalGenericConverter extends GenericConverter, ConverterMatcher { }