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 * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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 *
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package com.google.gson;

/**
 * This class is responsible for adapting/converting an particular "from"
 * instance to an instance of type "to".
 *
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
interface TypeAdapter {

  /**
   * Adapts an object instance "from" to and instance of type "to".
   *
   * @param from the object to adapt
   * @param to the Type/Class which this will convert to
   * @return the converted "from" instance to type "to"
   */
  public <T> T adaptType(Object from, Class<T> to);
}