01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004-2007 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 org.springframework.binding.mapping;
17:
18: /**
19: * A lightweight service interface for mapping between two attribute sources.
20: * <p>
21: * Implementations of this interface are expected to encapsulate the mapping
22: * configuration information as well as the logic to act on it to perform
23: * mapping between a given source and target attribute source.
24: *
25: * @author Keith Donald
26: */
27: public interface AttributeMapper {
28:
29: /**
30: * Map data from a source object to a target object.
31: * @param source the source
32: * @param target the target
33: * @param context the mapping context
34: */
35: public void map(Object source, Object target, MappingContext context);
36: }
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