Package io.helidon.common.mapper.spi

Interface MapperProvider

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface MapperProvider

Java Service loader service to get mappers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <SOURCE,TARGET> Optional<Mapper<?,?>>	mapper(GenericType<SOURCE> sourceType, GenericType<TARGET> targetType)	Find a mapper that is capable of mapping from source to target types.
<SOURCE,TARGET> Optional<Mapper<?,?>>	mapper(Class<SOURCE> sourceClass, Class<TARGET> targetClass)	Find a mapper that is capable of mapping from source to target classes.

Method Detail

mapper

<SOURCE,TARGET> Optional<Mapper<?,?>> mapper(Class<SOURCE> sourceClass,
                                                         Class<TARGET> targetClass)

Find a mapper that is capable of mapping from source to target classes.

Type Parameters:

SOURCE - type of the source

TARGET - type of the target

Parameters:

sourceClass - class of the source

targetClass - class of the target

Returns:

a mapper that is capable of mapping (or converting) sources to targets

mapper

default <SOURCE,TARGET> Optional<Mapper<?,?>> mapper(GenericType<SOURCE> sourceType,
                                                                 GenericType<TARGET> targetType)

Find a mapper that is capable of mapping from source to target types. This method supports mapping to/from types that contain generics.

Type Parameters:

SOURCE - type of the source

TARGET - type of the target

Parameters:

sourceType - generic type of the source

targetType - generic type of the target

Returns:

a mapper that is capable of mapping (or converting) sources to targets