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010     *
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014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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016     */
017    package org.apache.camel.dataformat.bindy;
018    
019    /**
020     * Format allows to format object to and from string received using format or
021     * parse method
022     */
023    public interface Format<T> {
024    
025        /**
026         * Formats the object into a String
027         * 
028         * @param object the object
029         * @return formatted as a String
030         * @throws Exception can be thrown
031         */
032        String format(T object) throws Exception;
033    
034        /**
035         * Parses a String into an object
036         * 
037         * @param string the string
038         * @return T the object
039         * @throws Exception can be thrown
040         */
041        T parse(String string) throws Exception;
042    
043    }