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

Interface PojoBeanMapper<P,B extends Bean>

Type Parameters:

P - the base type of the Pojos to convert (e.g. Object or Entity).

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericPojoBeanMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPojoBeanMapper, GenericPojoBeanMapperImpl

public interface PojoBeanMapper<P,B extends Bean>

This is the interface used to map instances from a hierarchy of POJOs to amd from a corresponding hierarchy of Beans. E.g. it will be used to map from FooEntity to FooBean or from BarBean to BarEntity. To map from a fixed generic container object see DocumentBeanMapper instead.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends P> T	fromBean(B bean, Class<T> type)
<T extends B> T	toBean(P pojo, T prototype)

Method Detail

toBean

<T extends B> T toBean(P pojo,
                       T prototype)

Type Parameters:

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

Parameters:

pojo - the Pojo to map.

prototype - the Bean prototype.

Returns:

a Bean-instance of the given prototype with the properties mapped from the given Pojo.

fromBean

<T extends P> T fromBean(B bean,
                         Class<T> type)

Type Parameters:

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

Parameters:

bean - the Bean to map.

type - the Class reflecting the Pojo to map to.

Returns:

the a new instance of the given Class with the properties mapped from the given Bean.