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  package org.apache.camel.dataformat.bindy;
  
  /**
   * Format allows to format object to and from string received using format or parse method
   */
  public interface Format<T> {
  
      /**
       * Formats the object into a String
       *
       * @param  object    the object
       * @return           formatted as a String
       * @throws Exception can be thrown
       */
      String format(T object) throws Exception;
  
      /**
       * Parses a String into an object
       *
       * @param  string    the string
       * @return           T the object
       * @throws Exception can be thrown
       */
      T parse(String string) throws Exception;
  
  }
  