001/* 002 * Units of Measurement Implementation for Java SE 003 * Copyright (c) 2005-2017, Jean-Marie Dautelle, Werner Keil, V2COM. 004 * 005 * All rights reserved. 006 * 007 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, 008 * are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 009 * 010 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 011 * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 012 * 013 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions 014 * and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 015 * 016 * 3. Neither the name of JSR-363 nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products 017 * derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 018 * 019 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 020 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 021 * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 022 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 023 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 024 * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 025 * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED 026 * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 027 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, 028 * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 029 */ 030package tec.uom.se.function; 031 032/** 033 * Represents an operation to convert values. 034 * <p> 035 * This is a <a href= "http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/package-summary.html#package.description" >functional interface</a> 036 * whose functional method is {@link #convert()}. 037 * 038 * @author <a href="mailto:units@catmedia.us">Werner Keil</a> 039 * @version 1.0, 2016-10-11 040 * @since 1.0 041 * @param <Q> 042 * The type to convert to. 043 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_conversion">Wikipedia: Data Conversion</a> 044 */ 045@FunctionalInterface 046public interface Converter<F, T> { 047 048 /** 049 * Returns a F converted into a T. 050 * 051 * @param from 052 * @return the converted result. 053 */ 054 T convert(F from); 055}