#region Apache License
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//
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// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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// contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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// The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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// the License. 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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//
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#endregion
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using System;
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namespace log4net.Util.TypeConverters
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Interface supported by type converters
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// This interface supports conversion from a single type to arbitrary types.
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/// See <see cref="TypeConverterAttribute"/>.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
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public interface IConvertTo
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Returns whether this converter can convert the object to the specified type
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/// </summary>
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/// <param name="targetType">A Type that represents the type you want to convert to</param>
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/// <returns>true if the conversion is possible</returns>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Test if the type supported by this converter can be converted to the
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/// <paramref name="targetType"/>.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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bool CanConvertTo(Type targetType);
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/// <summary>
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/// Converts the given value object to the specified type, using the arguments
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/// </summary>
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/// <param name="source">the object to convert</param>
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/// <param name="targetType">The Type to convert the value parameter to</param>
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/// <returns>the converted object</returns>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Converts the <paramref name="source"/> (which must be of the type supported
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/// by this converter) to the <paramref name="targetType"/> specified..
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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object ConvertTo(object source, Type targetType);
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}
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}
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