ma.glasnost.orika
Interface Mapper<A,B>

All Superinterfaces:

MappedTypePair<A,B>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CustomMapper, GeneratedMapperBase, MapperBase.MapperBaseAdapter, ReversedMapper

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

Defines a contract between internal parts of Orika such as MapperFacade, MapperGenerator, MapperFactory and generated mappers.

Author:

S.M. El Aatifi

See Also:

MapperFacade

Method Summary

Boolean	favorsExtension() Specifies whether this mapper is abstract, meaning that it can only be used in combination with a non-abstract mapper.
void	mapAtoB(A a, B b, MappingContext context) Maps the properties of an instance of type A to the properties of an instance of type B.
void	mapBtoA(B b, A a, MappingContext context) Maps the properties of an instance of type B to the properties of an instance of type A.
void	setMapperFacade(MapperFacade mapper) Store an instance of the current MapperFacade which may be used in mapping of nested types.
void	setUsedMappers(Mapper<Object,Object>[] mapper) Store the set of custom mappers used by this mapper.

Methods inherited from interface ma.glasnost.orika.MappedTypePair

getAType, getBType

Method Detail

mapAtoB

void mapAtoB(A a,
             B b,
             MappingContext context)

Maps the properties of an instance of type A to the properties of an instance of type B.

Parameters:

a - the object from which to read the properties

b - the object onto which the properties should be mapped

context -

mapBtoA

void mapBtoA(B b,
             A a,
             MappingContext context)

Maps the properties of an instance of type B to the properties of an instance of type A.

Parameters:

b - the object from which to read the properties

a - the object onto which the properties should be mapped

context -

setMapperFacade

void setMapperFacade(MapperFacade mapper)

Store an instance of the current MapperFacade which may be used in mapping of nested types.

Parameters:

mapper -

setUsedMappers

void setUsedMappers(Mapper<Object,Object>[] mapper)

Store the set of custom mappers used by this mapper.

Parameters:

mapper -

favorsExtension

Boolean favorsExtension()

Specifies whether this mapper is abstract, meaning that it can only be used in combination with a non-abstract mapper.