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from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import Any, Dict


class BaseConverter(ABC):
    r"""A base class for schema outputs that includes functionality
    for managing the response format.

    Args:
        output_schema (Optional[Type[BaseModel]], optional): The expected
            format of the response. (default: :obj:`None`)
    """

    @abstractmethod
    def convert(
        self, content: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]
    ) -> Any:
        r"""Structures the input text into the expected response format.

        Args:
            text (str): The input text to be structured.
            output_schema (Optional[Type[BaseModel]], optional):
                The expected format of the response. Defaults to None.
            prompt (Optional[str], optional): The prompt to be used.

        Returns:
           Any: The converted response.
        """
        pass
