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 Known Subinterfaces:

DozerGenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGenericMapper

public interface GenericMapper<ENTITY,DTO>

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DTO	toDto(ENTITY entity) Maps the given entity object to a data transfer object
List<DTO>	toDtos(@NonNull Collection<ENTITY> entities) Maps the given collection of entity objects to a list of data transfer objects
List<ENTITY>	toEntities(@NonNull Collection<DTO> dtos) Maps the given list of data transfer objects to a list of entity objects
ENTITY	toEntity(DTO dto) Maps the given data transfer object to a entity object.

Method Detail

toDto

DTO toDto(@NonNull
          ENTITY entity)

Maps the given entity object to a data transfer object

Parameters:

entity - the entity object

Returns:

the data transfer object

toDtos

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

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

Parameters:

entities - the collection of entities objects

Returns:

the list of data transfer objects

toEntities

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

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

Parameters:

dtos - the list of data transfer objects

Returns:

the list of entity objects.

toEntity

ENTITY toEntity(@NonNull
                DTO dto)

Maps the given data transfer object to a entity object.

Parameters:

dto - the data transfer object

Returns:

the entity object