First version of Codecs and Converters.

sdk/lib/convert/converter.dart

+// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+part of dart.convert;
+
+/**
+ * A [Converter] converts data from one representation into another.
+ *
+ * *Converters are still experimental and are subject to change without notice.*
+ *
+ */
+abstract class Converter<S, T> {
+  /**
+   * Converts [input] and returns the result of the conversion.
+   */
+  T convert(S input);
+
+  /**
+   * Fuses `this` with [other].
+   *
+   * Encoding with the resulting converter is equivalent to converting with
+   * `this` before converting with `other`.
+   */
+  Converter<S, dynamic> fuse(Converter<T, dynamic> other) {
+    return new _FusedConverter<S, T, dynamic>(this, other);
+  }
+}
+
+
+class _FusedConverter<S, M, T> extends Converter<S, T> {

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2013/07/12 11:50:47]

Comment for class.
I assume this is just the naïve/default fused converter that does one before the
other.

[floitsch, 2013/07/12 16:09:15]

Done.

+  final Converter _first;
+  final Converter _second;
+
+  _FusedConverter(Converter<S, M> first, Converter<M, T> second)

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2013/07/12 11:50:47]

this._first, this._second

[floitsch, 2013/07/12 16:09:15]

Done.

+      : this._first = first,
+        this._second = second;
+
+  T convert(S input) => _second.convert(_first.convert(input));
+}