34 lines
1.1 KiB
Java
34 lines
1.1 KiB
Java
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// Copyright 2014 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
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//
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// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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// You may obtain a copy of the License at
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//
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// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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//
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// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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// limitations under the License.
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package com.google.devtools.common.options;
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/**
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* A converter is a little helper object that can take a String and
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* turn it into an instance of type T (the type parameter to the converter).
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*/
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public interface Converter<T> {
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/**
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* Convert a string into type T.
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*/
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T convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException;
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/**
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* The type description appears in usage messages. E.g.: "a string",
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* "a path", etc.
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*/
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String getTypeDescription();
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}
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