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package org.joda.time.convert;

import org.joda.time.Chronology;
import org.joda.time.ReadWritableInterval;

/**
 * IntervalConverter defines how an object is converted to an interval.
 *
 * @author Brian S O'Neill
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IntervalConverter extends Converter {

    /**
     * Checks if the input is a ReadableInterval.
     * <p>
     * If it is, then the calling code should cast and copy the fields directly.
     *
     * @param object  the object to convert, must not be null
     * @param chrono  the chronology to use, may be null
     * @return true if the input is a ReadableInterval
     * @throws ClassCastException if the object is invalid
     */
    boolean isReadableInterval(Object object, Chronology chrono);

    /**
     * Extracts interval endpoint values from an object of this converter's
     * type, and sets them into the given ReadWritableInterval.
     *
     * @param writableInterval  interval to get modified, not null
     * @param object  the object to convert, must not be null
     * @param chrono  the chronology to use, may be null
     * @throws ClassCastException if the object is invalid
     */
    void setInto(ReadWritableInterval writableInterval, Object object, Chronology chrono);

}