Method doForward

corpus/java/training/guava/base/Converter.java:140–140

Returns a representation of a as an instance of type B. If a cannot be converted, an unchecked exception (such as IllegalArgumentException) should be thrown. @param a the instance to convert; will never be null @return the converted instance; must not be null

(A a)

   * @return the converted instance; <b>must not</b> be null
   */
  protected abstract B doForward(A a);

  /**
   * Returns a representation of {@code b} as an instance of type {@code A}. If {@code b} cannot be