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package javax.time.calendrical;

/**
 * An object that represents some form of calendrical information.
 * 
 * <h4>Implementation notes</h4>
 * This interface places no restrictions on implementations and makes no guarantees
 * about their thread-safety.
 */
public interface CalendricalObject {

    /**
     * Extracts an instance of the specified type.
     * <p>
     * An implementation must return the following types if it contains sufficient information:
     * <ul>
     * <li>LocalDate
     * <li>LocalTime
     * <li>LocalDateTime
     * <li>OffsetDate
     * <li>OffsetTime
     * <li>OffsetDateTime
     * <li>ZoneOffset
     * <li>ZoneId
     * <li>Instant
     * <li>this object if the specified type is passed in
     * </ul>
     * Other objects may be returned if appropriate.
     * 
     * @param <T> the type to extract
     * @param type  the type to extract, null returns null
     * @return the extracted object, null if unable to extract
     */
    <T> T extract(Class<T> type);

}

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+     * %3Cli%3EDateTimeBuilder%0A
      * %3C

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