net.sf.mmm.util.bean.api.mapping

Interface DocumentBeanMapper<D,B extends Bean>

Type Parameters:

D - the type of the document (generic container object) to map (e.g. a document from a CMS or NoSQL-database).

B - the base type of the Bean to map (e.g. Bean or EntityBean).

All Known Subinterfaces:

OrientBeanMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDocumentBeanMapper, OrientBeanMapperImpl

public interface DocumentBeanMapper<D,B extends Bean>

This is the interface used to map a fixed type of document (generic container object) to and from instances of Bean.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
D	fromBean(B bean)
<T extends B> T	toBean(D document)

Method Detail

toBean

<T extends B> T toBean(D document)

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the Bean to map to.

Parameters:

document - the generic container object to map.

Returns:

a corresponding Bean-instance with the properties mapped from the given container object.

fromBean

D fromBean(B bean)

Parameters:

bean - the Bean to map.

Returns:

the a new instance of the document (generic container object) with the properties mapped from the given Bean.