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/src/Boo.Lang/Runtime/ICoercible.cs

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  1. #region license
  2. // Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 Rodrigo B. de Oliveira (rbo@acm.org)
  3. // All rights reserved.
  4. //
  5. // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
  6. // are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
  7. //
  8. // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
  9. // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  10. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
  11. // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
  12. // and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  13. // * Neither the name of Rodrigo B. de Oliveira nor the names of its
  14. // contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
  15. // software without specific prior written permission.
  16. //
  17. // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
  18. // ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
  19. // WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
  20. // DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  21. // FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
  22. // DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
  23. // SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
  24. // CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
  25. // OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
  26. // THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  27. #endregion
  28. namespace Boo.Lang.Runtime
  29. {
  30. /// <summary>
  31. /// Support for user defined dynamic conversions.
  32. ///
  33. /// An use case is a collection class that needs to provide implicit conversions
  34. /// to any array type.
  35. /// </summary>
  36. public interface ICoercible
  37. {
  38. /// <summary>
  39. /// Coerces the object to the specified type if possible.
  40. /// </summary>
  41. /// <param name="to">target type</param>
  42. /// <returns>returns the coerced object or this</returns>
  43. object Coerce(System.Type to);
  44. }
  45. }