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23  
24 /*
25  * $Header: /cvs/glassfish/admin-core/mbeanapi/src/java/com/sun/appserv/management/util/misc/ValuePersister.java,v 1.3 2005/12/25 03:51:56 tcfujii Exp $
26  * $Revision: 1.3 $
27  * $Date: 2005/12/25 03:51:56 $
28  */

29 package com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc;
30
31 /**
32     Interface useful for persisting values using String.
33     
34     Implementors of this interface must be able to convert the value
35     to a String and convert a String to its corresponding Object.
36  */

37 public interface ValuePersister
38 {
39     /**
40         Convert the Object to a String representation
41         
42         @param value
43         @return a String representation of the Object
44      */

45     public String JavaDoc asString( Object JavaDoc value );
46     
47     /**
48         Convert the String to a corresponding Object
49         
50         @param theString the String to use
51         @return the corresponding Object representation
52      */

53     public Object JavaDoc asObject( String JavaDoc theString );
54 }
55
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