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 Converters
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Besides the |project| :term:`types <data type>`, a collection of
:ref:`RSB <rsb>` :term:`converters <converter>`  based on the
:term:`types <data type>` is maintained for use by client programs.
These converters translate between the |project| types on the wire and
data types from common libraries, e.g. OpenCV or boost, on the client side.
This simplifies the programming on the client side, as no specific client-side
conversion to |project| types is required, while preserving the wire-level
compatibility envisioned through |project|.

Converters are specific for different programming languages. For each language
a separate library using the language-specific tools is available.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   converters-cpp
   converters-python