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package org.jboss.arquillian.ajocado.waiting.conversion;

/**
 * Convertor for converting the values from one type to another and vice versa.
 *
 * @param <F> the from type (type which we want to convert from)
 * @param <T> the to type (type which we want to convert to)
 * @author <a href="mailto:lfryc@redhat.com">Lukas Fryc</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface Convertor<F, T> {

    /**
     * Convert from object of F type to T type.
     *
     * @param object of F type to convert to T type
     * @return the T type converted from F type
     */
    T forwardConversion(F object);

    /**
     * Convert from object of T type to F type.
     *
     * @param object of T type to convert to F type
     * @return the F type converted from T type
     */
    F backwardConversion(T object);
}
