de.alpharogroup.bean.mapper

Interface DozerGenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - the element type of the entity object

DTO - the generic type of the data transfer object

All Superinterfaces:

GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGenericMapper

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

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<DTO>	getDtoClass() Gets the data transfer object class.
Class<ENTITY>	getEntityClass() Gets the entity class.
org.dozer.Mapper	getMapper() Gets the mapper.
default <T,S> List<T>	map(@NonNull Collection<S> sources, @NonNull Class<T> destinationClass) Constructs new instances of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.
default <T,S> T	map(S source, @NonNull Class<T> destinationClass) Constructs new instance of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source.
default DTO	toDto(ENTITY entity) Maps the given entity object to a data transfer object
default List<DTO>	toDtos(@NonNull Collection<ENTITY> entities) Maps the given collection of entity objects to a list of data transfer objects
default List<ENTITY>	toEntities(@NonNull Collection<DTO> dtos) Maps the given list of data transfer objects to a list of entity objects
default ENTITY	toEntity(DTO dto) Maps the given data transfer object to a entity object.

Method Detail

getDtoClass

Class<DTO> getDtoClass()

Gets the data transfer object class.

Returns:

the data transfer object class

getEntityClass

Class<ENTITY> getEntityClass()

Gets the entity class.

Returns:

the entity class

getMapper

org.dozer.Mapper getMapper()

Gets the mapper.

Returns:

the mapper

map

default <T,S> List<T> map(@NonNull
                          @NonNull Collection<S> sources,
                          @NonNull
                          @NonNull Class<T> destinationClass)
                   throws org.dozer.MappingException

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

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the destinationClass

S - the generic type of the source

Parameters:

sources - the collection of source objects

destinationClass - the destination class

Returns:

the new instance of destinationClass mapped to source object.

Throws:

org.dozer.MappingException - is thrown if something goes wrong with the mapping process.

map

default <T,S> T map(@NonNull
                    S source,
                    @NonNull
                    @NonNull Class<T> destinationClass)
             throws org.dozer.MappingException

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

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the destinationClass

S - the generic type of the source

Parameters:

source - the source

destinationClass - the destination class

Returns:

the new instance of destinationClass mapped to source object.

Throws:

org.dozer.MappingException - is thrown if something goes wrong with the mapping process.

toDto

default DTO toDto(@NonNull
                  ENTITY entity)

Maps the given entity object to a data transfer object

Specified by:

toDto in interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Parameters:

entity - the entity object

Returns:

the data transfer object

toDtos

default List<DTO> toDtos(@NonNull
                         @NonNull Collection<ENTITY> entities)

Maps the given collection of entity objects to a list of data transfer objects

Specified by:

toDtos in interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Parameters:

entities - the collection of entities objects

Returns:

the list of data transfer objects

toEntities

default List<ENTITY> toEntities(@NonNull
                                @NonNull Collection<DTO> dtos)

Maps the given list of data transfer objects to a list of entity objects

Specified by:

toEntities in interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Parameters:

dtos - the list of data transfer objects

Returns:

the list of entity objects.

toEntity

default ENTITY toEntity(@NonNull
                        DTO dto)

Maps the given data transfer object to a entity object.

Specified by:

toEntity in interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

Parameters:

dto - the data transfer object

Returns:

the entity object