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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Generalize ConvertService + Converter","articleBody":"The ancestors of these classes evolved to have API for handling `Type` and `Class` separately. This is unnecessary.. we should unify this API by focusing on `Type` and special-casing `Class`.\n\nThis will simplify things and reduce the number of signatures.\n\nFurthermore the API of `\u003cT\u003e convert(Object, Class\u003cT\u003e)` is really a holdover from the old uber-conversion mindset. What we should have is:\n- [x] A single high-priority (right after `NullConverter`) `castingConverter` that handles casting. This implies that low-level converters do not cast, but provide their specific output type.\n- [ ] Refactor API so converters just implement `O convert(I)`\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/hinerm","@type":"Person","name":"hinerm"},"datePublished":"2014-07-25T17:09:58.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/109/scijava-common/issues/109"}