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22 package org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.unmarshalling;
23
24 /**
25  * @author <a HREF="mailto:alex@jboss.org">Alexey Loubyansky</a>
26  * @version <tt>$Revision: 1958 $</tt>
27  */

28 public interface ValueAdapter
29 {
30    ValueAdapter NOOP = new ValueAdapter()
31    {
32       public Object JavaDoc cast(Object JavaDoc o, Class JavaDoc c)
33       {
34          return o;
35       }
36    };
37
38    /**
39     * An implementation should make sure that an object past in as the first parameter
40     * can be set as a value of a field that is of a type passed in as the second parameter
41     *
42     * @param o
43     * @param c
44     * @return
45     */

46    Object JavaDoc cast(Object JavaDoc o, Class JavaDoc c);
47 }
48
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