Package de.alpharogroup.bean.mapper

Interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - the element type of the entity object

DTO - the generic type of the data transfer object

All Superinterfaces:

BeanMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

public interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>
extends BeanMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

The Interface GenericMapper provides the methods for mapping entities to data transfer objects and back.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<D,S> java.util.Collection<D>	map(java.util.Collection<S> sources, java.lang.Class<D> destinationClass)	Constructs new instances of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.
<D,S> D	map(S source, java.lang.Class<D> destinationClass)	Constructs new instance of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.

Methods inherited from interface de.alpharogroup.bean.mapper.BeanMapper

toDto, toDtos, toEntities, toEntity

Method Detail

map

<D,S> java.util.Collection<D> map(java.util.Collection<S> sources,
                                        java.lang.Class<D> destinationClass)

Constructs new instances of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.

Type Parameters:

S - the generic type of the source

D - the generic type of the destinationClass

Parameters:

sources - the collection of source objects

destinationClass - the destination class

Returns:

the new instance of destinationClass mapped to source object.

map

<D,S> D map(S source,
                  java.lang.Class<D> destinationClass)

Constructs new instance of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.

Type Parameters:

S - the generic type of the source

D - the generic type of the destinationClass

Parameters:

source - the source

destinationClass - the destination class

Returns:

the new instance of destinationClass mapped to source object.