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package org.apache.geode.management.internal.configuration.converters;

/**
 * the implementer of each pair of configuration object and xml domain object is
 * reponsible in converting between the two
 *
 * @param <T> the class of the configuration object
 * @param <V> the class of the xml domain object
 */
public abstract class ConfigurationConverter<T, V> {

  public final T fromXmlObject(V xmlObject) {
    if (xmlObject == null) {
      return null;
    }
    return fromNonNullXmlObject(xmlObject);
  }

  /**
   *
   * @param xmlObject is guaranteed not to be null
   * @return the resulting configuration object
   */
  protected abstract T fromNonNullXmlObject(V xmlObject);

  public final V fromConfigObject(T configObject) {
    if (configObject == null) {
      return null;
    }

    return fromNonNullConfigObject(configObject);
  }

  /**
   *
   * @param configObject is guaranteed not to be null
   * @return the resulting xml domain object
   */
  protected abstract V fromNonNullConfigObject(T configObject);

}
