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79</a></div> 80<!-- ========= END OF TOP NAVBAR ========= --> 81<!-- ======== START OF CLASS DATA ======== --> 82<div class="header"> 83<div class="subTitle">com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util</div> 84<h2 title="Interface Converter" class="title">Interface Converter<IN,OUT></h2> 85</div> 86<div class="contentContainer"> 87<div class="description"> 88<ul class="blockList"> 89<li class="blockList"> 90<dl><dt><span class="strong">Type Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>IN</code> - Type of values converter takes</dd><dd><code>OUT</code> - Result type from conversion</dd></dl> 91<dl> 92<dt>All Known Implementing Classes:</dt> 93<dd><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.None.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter.None</a>, <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/StdConverter.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">StdConverter</a></dd> 94</dl> 95<hr> 96<br> 97<pre>public interface <span class="strong">Converter<IN,OUT></span></pre> 98<div class="block">Helper interface for things that convert Objects of 99 one type to another. 100<p> 101 NOTE: implementors are strongly encouraged to extend <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/StdConverter.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>StdConverter</code></a> 102 instead of directly implementing <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a>, since that can 103 help with default implementation of typically boiler-plate code.</div> 104<dl><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt> 105 <dd>2.1</dd> 106<dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std"><code>StdDelegatingSerializer</code></a></dd></dl> 107</li> 108</ul> 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