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

Type Parameters:

A - object type A

B - object type B

All Known Subinterfaces:

BidirectionalMapper<A,B>, StrategyMapper<A,B>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBidirectionalMapper, AbstractBidirectionalStrategyMapper, AbstractMapper

public interface Mapper<A,B>

A Mapper is capable of mapping an object of type A to an object of type B.

Method Summary

B	mapAToB(A a) Map an object of type A to an object of type B.
<C extends Collection<B>> C	mapCollectionOfAToCollectionOfB(Collection<A> collectionOfA, C emptyMutableCollectionOfB) Map a collection of objects of type A to a collection of objects of type B.

Method Detail

mapAToB

B mapAToB(A a)

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

Parameters:

a - the object of type A

Returns:

an object of type B

mapCollectionOfAToCollectionOfB

<C extends Collection<B>> C mapCollectionOfAToCollectionOfB(Collection<A> collectionOfA,
                                                            C emptyMutableCollectionOfB)

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

Type Parameters:

C - The type of the resulting collection

Parameters:

collectionOfA - the collection of objects of type A

emptyMutableCollectionOfB - an instance of the collection of objects of type B, which will be filled up

Returns:

a collection of objects of type B