Package com.adobe.reef.siren.converter

Interface Converter<T>

public interface Converter<T>

Converter is an interface describing a Java class that can perform Object-to-Entity and Entity-to-Object conversions between model data objects and a Entity representation of those objects that is suitable for rendering.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	fromEntity(ConverterContext<T> context, Entity entity)	Converts an Entity into a resource of type T.
Entity	toEntity(ConverterContext<T> context, T resource)	Converts a resource of type T into an Entity.

Method Detail

toEntity

Entity toEntity(ConverterContext<T> context,
                T resource)
         throws ConverterException

Converts a resource of type T into an Entity.

Parameters:

context -

resource -

Returns:

Throws:

ConverterException

fromEntity

T fromEntity(ConverterContext<T> context,
             Entity entity)
      throws ConverterException

Converts an Entity into a resource of type T.

Parameters:

context -

entity -

Returns:

Throws:

ConverterException