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1 | /** | |
2 | * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
7 | * | |
8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
9 | * | |
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.dozer.metadata; | |
17 | ||
18 | import org.dozer.classmap.MappingDirection; | |
19 | ||
20 | /** | |
21 | * This interface can be used to obtain information about the mapping between two fields. | |
22 | * @author Florian Kunz | |
23 | */ | |
24 | public interface FieldMappingMetadata { | |
25 | ||
26 | /** | |
27 | * @return The name of the source field. | |
28 | */ | |
29 | String getSourceName(); | |
30 | ||
31 | /** | |
32 | * @return The name of the destination field. | |
33 | */ | |
34 | String getDestinationName(); | |
35 | ||
36 | /** | |
37 | * @return The name of the getter of the source field. | |
38 | */ | |
39 | String getSourceFieldGetMethod(); | |
40 | ||
41 | /** | |
42 | * @return The name of the setter of the source field. | |
43 | */ | |
44 | String getSourceFieldSetMethod(); | |
45 | ||
46 | /** | |
47 | * @return The name of the getter of the destination field. | |
48 | */ | |
49 | String getDestinationFieldGetMethod(); | |
50 | ||
51 | /** | |
52 | * @return The name of the setter of the destination field. | |
53 | */ | |
54 | String getDestinationFieldSetMethod(); | |
55 | ||
56 | /** | |
57 | * @return true if nested objects are copied by reference. false if a deep copy | |
58 | * is performed. | |
59 | */ | |
60 | boolean isCopyByReference(); | |
61 | ||
62 | boolean isSourceFieldAccessible(); | |
63 | ||
64 | boolean isDestinationFieldAccessible(); | |
65 | ||
66 | /** | |
67 | * Can be used to check whether a mapping in unidirectional or bidirectional. | |
68 | * | |
69 | * @return An instance of {@link org.dozer.classmap.MappingDirection}. | |
70 | */ | |
71 | MappingDirection getMappingDirection(); | |
72 | ||
73 | /** | |
74 | * @return The date format used for conversions as a string. | |
75 | */ | |
76 | String getDateFormat(); | |
77 | ||
78 | /** | |
79 | * The name of the custom converter class, or an empty string if no custom converter is used. | |
80 | * | |
81 | * @return The name of the custom converter class as a string. | |
82 | */ | |
83 | String getCustomConverter(); | |
84 | ||
85 | } |