001/**
002 *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003 *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004 *
005 *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006 *
007 *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
015 *   General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
020 *   USA, or see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
021 */
022package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert;
023
024/**
025 * @author Franck WOLFF
026 */
027public interface Reverter {
028
029    /**
030     * Returns true if this reverter can revert the supplied value.
031     *
032     * @param value the value to test for possible reversion.
033     * @return true if this reverter can revert the supplied value.
034     */
035    public boolean canRevert(Object value);
036
037    /**
038     * Converts the supplied object to a well known Java type before AMF3 serialization, for
039     * example a JodaTime to a standard Java {@link java.util.Date}.
040     *
041     * @param value the object to be reverted (converted back to a standard Java type)
042     * @return the reverted object.
043     */
044    public Object revert(Object value);
045}