*/
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Returns the value as a string.
     *
     * @param value
     *            the value
     * @return the value as a string
     */
    String getAsString(Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the value as an object.
     *
     * @param value
     *            the value
     * @return the value as an object
     */
    Object getAsObject(String value);

        }
        dictionaryManager.addCreator(this);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link StopwordsFile} instance.
     *
     * @param id        The unique identifier for the dictionary file.
     * @param path      The file path of the dictionary.
     * @param timestamp The last modified timestamp of the file.
     * @return A new {@link StopwordsFile} associated with the dictionary manager.
     */
    @Override

    /**
     * Check if directory can cache enumeration results
     * @param state lease state
     * @return true if directory enumeration can be cached
     */
    public static boolean canCacheEnumeration(int state) {
        return Smb2LeaseState.hasReadCaching(state);
    }

    /**
     * Check if directory can keep handles open
     * @param state lease state
     * @return true if directory handles can be kept open
     */

    /**
     * Sets up the search conditions for listing related content entities.
     * Configures wildcard searches for term and content fields, and sets up ordering.
     *
     * @param cb the condition bean for building the query
     * @param relatedContentPager the pager containing search parameters
     */
    protected void setupListCondition(final RelatedContentCB cb, final RelatedContentPager relatedContentPager) {

     * control over which classes can be deserialized. Use this when the default filter
     * is too restrictive or permissive for your use case.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param bytes the byte array (must not be {@literal null})
     * @param filter the ObjectInputFilter to use, or null to disable filtering
     * @return the deserialized object
     * @throws IORuntimeException if an I/O error occurs or if a class is rejected by the filter

        // Default constructor
    }

    /**
     * Installs a theme from the given artifact.
     * Extracts theme files from the JAR and deploys them to appropriate directories.
     *
     * @param artifact the theme artifact to install
     * @throws ThemeException if installation fails
     */
    public void install(final Artifact artifact) {
        final Path jarPath = getJarFile(artifact);

     * Constructs a UnicodeString with zero termination option.
     *
     * @param zterm whether the string should be zero terminated
     */
    public UnicodeString(final boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a UnicodeString by wrapping an existing unicode_string.
     *
     * @param rus wrapped string
     * @param zterm whether the string should be zero terminated
     */

   *       UnsupportedOperationException when those mutators
   * </ol>
   *
   * @param multimap the presumed-immutable multimap
   * @param sampleKey a key of the same type as that contained by {@code multimap}. {@code multimap}
   *     may or may not have {@code sampleKey} as a key.
   * @param sampleValue a key of the same type as that contained by {@code multimap}. {@code

   */
  void awaitRunning();

  /**
   * Waits for the {@link Service} to reach the {@linkplain State#RUNNING running state} for no more
   * than the given time.
   *
   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait
   * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
   * @throws TimeoutException if the service has not reached the given state within the deadline

     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@link BigInteger}
     */
    public static BigInteger toBigInteger(final Object o) {
        return toBigInteger(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link BigInteger}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string