1 /*
2 * This file is part of *** M y C o R e ***
3 * See http://www.mycore.de/ for details.
4 *
5 * MyCoRe is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
8 * (at your option) any later version.
9 *
10 * MyCoRe is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 * along with MyCoRe. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17 */
18 package org.mycore.user2;
19
20 import java.util.Map;
21
22 /**
23 * @author Ren\u00E9 Adler (eagle)
24 *
25 */
26 public interface MCRUserAttributeConverter<ValueType, BoundType> {
27
28 /**
29 * Convert a given value to the specified type.
30 *
31 * @param value the value of type <code><ValueType></code>, to convert
32 * @param separator the value separator or <code>null</code>
33 * @param valueMapping the value mapping or <code>null</code>
34 * @return the converted value of type <code><BoundType></code>
35 * @throws Exception if there's an error during the conversion.
36 */
37 BoundType convert(ValueType value, String separator, Map<String, String> valueMapping)
38 throws Exception;
39 }