be.idamf.sofa.mapper
Interface BidirectionalMapper<A,B>

All Superinterfaces:

Mapper<A,B>

All Known Subinterfaces:

StrategyMapper<A,B>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBidirectionalMapper, AbstractBidirectionalStrategyMapper

public interface BidirectionalMapper<A,B>
extends Mapper<A,B>

A bidirectional mapper is able to map from A to B and vice versa.

Author:

Mike Seghers

Method Summary

A	mapBToA(B b) Map an object of type B to an object of type A.
<C extends Collection<A>> C	mapCollectionOfBToCollectionOfA(Collection<B> collectionOfB, C emptyMutableCollectionOfA) Map a collection of objects of type B to a collection of objects of type A.

Methods inherited from interface be.idamf.sofa.mapper.Mapper

mapAToB, mapCollectionOfAToCollectionOfB

Method Detail

mapBToA

A mapBToA(B b)

Map an object of type B to an object of type A.

Parameters:

b - the object of type B

Returns:

an object of type A

mapCollectionOfBToCollectionOfA

<C extends Collection<A>> C mapCollectionOfBToCollectionOfA(Collection<B> collectionOfB,
                                                            C emptyMutableCollectionOfA)

Map a collection of objects of type B to a collection of objects of type A.

Type Parameters:

C - The type of the resulting collection

Parameters:

collectionOfB - the collection of objects of type B

emptyMutableCollectionOfA - an instance of the collection of objects of type A, which will be filled up

Returns:

a collection of objects of type A