EntityConverter (Nitrite 4.2.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type parameter

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, NitritePlugin
```
public interface EntityConverter<T>
extends NitritePlugin
```
The EntityConverter interface is used to convert an entity of type EntityConverter into a database Document and vice versa.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Anindya Chatterjee

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`fromDocument(Document document, NitriteMapper nitriteMapper)`	Converts a `Document` to an entity of type `EntityConverter`.
`Class<T>`	`getEntityType()`	Gets the entity type.
`default void`	`initialize(NitriteConfig nitriteConfig)`	Initializes the plugin instance.
`Document`	`toDocument(T entity, NitriteMapper nitriteMapper)`	Converts the entity to a `Document`.

Methods inherited from interface org.dizitart.no2.common.module.NitritePlugin
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- Method Detail
  - getEntityType
```
Class<T> getEntityType()
```
    Gets the entity type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the entity type
  - toDocument
```
Document toDocument(T entity,
                    NitriteMapper nitriteMapper)
```
    Converts the entity to a Document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - the entity
    
    nitriteMapper - the nitrite mapper
    
    Returns:
    
    the document
  - fromDocument
```
T fromDocument(Document document,
               NitriteMapper nitriteMapper)
```
    Converts a Document to an entity of type EntityConverter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - the document
    
    nitriteMapper - the nitrite mapper
    
    Returns:
    
    the t
  - initialize
```
default void initialize(NitriteConfig nitriteConfig)
```
    Description copied from interface: NitritePlugin
    
    Initializes the plugin instance.
    
    Specified by:
    
    initialize in interface NitritePlugin
    
    Parameters:
    
    nitriteConfig - the nitrite config