01: /*
02: * Copyright 2005-2007 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16: package net.sf.dozer.util.mapping.converters;
17:
18: /**
19: * Public custom converter interface.
20: *
21: * In the Dozer mapping file(s), you can add some XML to tell Dozer to use a custom converter for certain class A and
22: * class B types. When a custom converter is specified for a class A and class B combination, Dozer will invoke the
23: * custom converter to perform the data mapping instead of the standard mapping logic.
24: *
25: * <p>
26: * <a
27: * href="http://dozer.sourceforge.net/documentation/customconverter.html">http://dozer.sourceforge.net/documentation/customconverter.html</a>
28: *
29: *
30: * @author sullins.ben
31: * @author garsombke.franz
32: * @author tierney.matt
33: *
34: */
35: public interface CustomConverter {
36: public Object convert(Object existingDestinationFieldValue,
37: Object sourceFieldValue, Class destinationClass,
38: Class sourceClass);
39: }
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