A UI converter can be contributed by a Java Servoy client plugin.
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The implemented UI converters returned by the getUIConverters() method of the plugin class implementing the IUIConverterProvider interface, will be then checked by the plugin manager which will add them to the list of Servoy UI converters.
This is an example of a plugin that delivers a converter from joda time (which has support for time persiods) to java-util-date (which is supported by Servoy UI elements) time.
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