| Generally, implementations of this interface map instances of one Java type
into instances of another Java type.
Mappers are used in cases when instances of "enum" types are used as CMP
field values. In this case, a mapper represents a mediator and translates
instances of "enum" to some id when that can be stored in a column when storing
data and back from id to "enum" instance when data is loaded.
author: Alex Loubyansky |