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

Type Parameters:

A - The value object type

B - The entity type

All Superinterfaces:

BidirectionalMapper<A,B>, Mapper<A,B>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBidirectionalStrategyMapper

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

Mapper interface defining operations to map B to A objects, using strategies, while the A to B mapping does not need a strategy. This interface extends the BidirectionalMapper interface, so implementations should also provide a default selected strategy, which should be used when calling the BidirectionalMapper.mapBToA(Object) method.

Method Summary

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

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

mapBToA, mapCollectionOfBToCollectionOfA

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

mapAToB, mapCollectionOfAToCollectionOfB

Method Detail

mapBToA

A mapBToA(B b,
          MapperStrategy<A,B> strategy)

Map an object of type B to an object of type A, using a given strategy.

Parameters:

b - the object of type B

strategy - the strategy

Returns:

an object of type A

mapCollectionOfBToCollectionOfA

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

Maps a collection of objects of type B to a collection of objects of type A, using a strategy.

Parameters:

collectionOfB - the collection of objects of type B

strategy - the strategy

Returns:

a collection of objects of type A