Stringifier

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import org.as2lib.core.BasicInterface;

/**
 * {@code Stringifier} is the basic interface for classes that are responsible for
 * creating string representations of objects.
 * 
 * <p>The concrete stringifier should specify in its documentation what type of
 * object it epects, that means from which type it expects the object to be an
 * instance of.
 *
 * @author Simon Wacker
 */
interface org.as2lib.util.Stringifier extends BasicInterface {
    
    /**
     * Returns the string representation of the passed-in {@code target} object.
     *
     * @param target the target object to stringify
     * @return the string representation of the {@code target} object
     */
    public function execute(target):String;
    
}