Codec (Rhino 3.0 Management Extensions API)

```
public interface Codec<T>
```
Codecs convert objects to a suitable string form and vice versa. Codecs are only expected to deal with objects of their basic defined type. Arrays of the type supported by the codec are seperated into individual array element components before being passed to a codec for conversion.

See Also:

CodecFactory

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`toObject(String value)`	Convert a string form of an object back into the corresponding object.
`String`	`toString(T value)`	Convert an object to a string form.

- Method Detail
  - toString
```
String toString(T value)
         throws IOException
```
    Convert an object to a string form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to convert. This value will never be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    a string form of the object.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the object cannot be converted.
  - toObject
```
T toObject(String value)
    throws IOException
```
    Convert a string form of an object back into the corresponding object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to convert. This value will never be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    an object form of the string value.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the string value cannot be converted into an object.