001/*
002  GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003  Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004
005  This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006
007  Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008  it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010  option) any later version.
011
012  Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015  for more details.
016
017  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018  along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019*/
020
021package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert;
022
023/**
024 * @author Franck WOLFF
025 */
026public interface Reverter {
027
028    /**
029     * Returns true if this reverter can revert the supplied value.
030     *
031     * @param value the value to test for possible reversion.
032     * @return true if this reverter can revert the supplied value.
033     */
034    public boolean canRevert(Object value);
035
036    /**
037     * Converts the supplied object to a well known Java type before AMF3 serialization, for
038     * example a JodaTime to a standard Java {@link java.util.Date}.
039     *
040     * @param value the object to be reverted (converted back to a standard Java type)
041     * @return the reverted object.
042     */
043    public Object revert(Object value);
044}