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     */
022    package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert;
023    
024    /**
025     * @author Franck WOLFF
026     */
027    public 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    }