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    017
    018package org.apache.commons.jxpath.util;
    019
    020/**
    021 * A type converter can be installed on {@link TypeUtils} to introduce additional type conversions for JXPath. Most of the time {@link BasicTypeConverter}
    022 * should be used as the superclass.
    023 *
    024 * @see TypeUtils#setTypeConverter
    025 */
    026public interface TypeConverter {
    027
    028    /**
    029     * Returns true if it can convert the supplied object to the specified class.
    030     *
    031     * @param object object to test
    032     * @param toType target class
    033     * @return boolean
    034     */
    035    boolean canConvert(Object object, Class toType);
    036
    037    /**
    038     * Converts the supplied object to the specified type. Throws a runtime exception if the conversion is not possible.
    039     *
    040     * @param object object to convert
    041     * @param toType target class
    042     * @return resulting Object
    043     */
    044    Object convert(Object object, Class toType);
    045}