Converter (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.core.convert.converter

## Interface Converter<S,T>

- Type Parameters:
    `S` - The source type
    `T` - The target type
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DeserializingConverter, SerializingConverter

      public interface Converter<S,T>

  A converter converts a source object of type S to a target of type T. Implementations of this interface are thread-safe and can be shared.

  Implementations may additionally implement `ConditionalConverter`.

  Since:
    3.0
  Author:
    Keith Donald
  See Also:
    `ConditionalConverter`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `T` | `convert(S source)` Convert the source of type S to target type T.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### convert

          T convert(S source)

      Convert the source of type S to target type T.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the source object to convert, which must be an instance of S
      Returns:
        the converted object, which must be an instance of T
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the source could not be converted to the desired target type