/*
* Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2013 XStream Committers.
* All rights reserved.
*
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
* style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
* the LICENSE.txt file.
*
* Created on 15. February 2006 by Mauro Talevi
*/
package com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters;
/**
* SingleValueConverter implementations are marshallable to/from a single value String representation.
*
* <p>{@link com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter}
* provides a starting point for objects that can store all information in a single value String.</p>
*
* @author Joe Walnes
* @author Jörg Schaible
* @author Mauro Talevi
* @see com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter
* @see com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter
* @since 1.2
*/
public interface SingleValueConverter extends ConverterMatcher {
/**
* Marshals an Object into a single value representation.
* @param obj the Object to be converted
* @return a String with the single value of the Object or <code>null</code>
*/
public String toString(Object obj);
/**
* Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
* @param str the String with the single value of the Object
* @return the Object
*/
public Object fromString(String str);
}