net.sf.mmm.util.transferobject.api

Interface TransferObject

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SearchCriteria

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSearchCriteria, AbstractTransferObject, CompositeTo, DataTo, EntityTo

public interface TransferObject
extends Entity

This is the interface for a transfer-object. Such object is a serializable Pojo used to transfer data between application layers (e.g. from logic to client layer). For more information see the Transfer Object Pattern.

Since:

3.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)