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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>, 107<a 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href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.None.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter.None</a></strong></code> 129<div class="block">This marker class is only to be used with annotations, to 130 indicate that <b>no converter is to be used</b>.</div> 131</td> 132</tr> 133</table> 134</li> 135</ul> 136<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 137<ul class="blockList"> 138<li class="blockList"><a name="method_summary"> 139<!-- --> 140</a> 141<h3>Method Summary</h3> 142<table class="overviewSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Method Summary table, listing methods, and an explanation"> 143<caption><span>Methods</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption> 144<tr> 145<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th> 146<th class="colLast" scope="col">Method and Description</th> 147</tr> 148<tr class="altColor"> 149<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="type parameter in Converter">OUT</a></code></td> 150<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html#convert(IN)">convert</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="type parameter in Converter">IN</a> value)</code> 151<div class="block">Main conversion method.</div> 152</td> 153</tr> 154<tr class="rowColor"> 155<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</a></code></td> 156<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html#getInputType(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory)">getInputType</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeFactory.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeFactory</a> typeFactory)</code> 157<div class="block">Method that can be used to find out actual input (source) type; this 158 usually can be determined from type parameters, but may need 159 to be implemented differently from programmatically defined 160 converters (which can not change static type parameter bindings).</div> 161</td> 162</tr> 163<tr class="altColor"> 164<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</a></code></td> 165<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html#getOutputType(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory)">getOutputType</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeFactory.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeFactory</a> typeFactory)</code> 166<div class="block">Method that can be used to find out actual output (target) type; this 167 usually can be determined from type parameters, but may need 168 to be implemented differently from programmatically defined 169 converters (which can not change static type parameter bindings).</div> 170</td> 171</tr> 172</table> 173</li> 174</ul> 175</li> 176</ul> 177</div> 178<div class="details"> 179<ul class="blockList"> 180<li class="blockList"> 181<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 182<ul class="blockList"> 183<li class="blockList"><a name="method_detail"> 184<!-- --> 185</a> 186<h3>Method Detail</h3> 187<a name="convert(java.lang.Object)"> 188<!-- --> 189</a><a name="convert(IN)"> 190<!-- --> 191</a> 192<ul class="blockList"> 193<li class="blockList"> 194<h4>convert</h4> 195<pre><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="type parameter in Converter">OUT</a> convert(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="type parameter in Converter">IN</a> value)</pre> 196<div class="block">Main conversion method.</div> 197</li> 198</ul> 199<a name="getInputType(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory)"> 200<!-- --> 201</a> 202<ul class="blockList"> 203<li class="blockList"> 204<h4>getInputType</h4> 205<pre><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</a> getInputType(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeFactory.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeFactory</a> typeFactory)</pre> 206<div class="block">Method that can be used to find out actual input (source) type; this 207 usually can be determined from type parameters, but may need 208 to be implemented differently from programmatically defined 209 converters (which can not change static type parameter bindings).</div> 210<dl><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt> 211 <dd>2.2</dd></dl> 212</li> 213</ul> 214<a 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