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  * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.dozer;

 /**

  * Public root interface for performing Dozer mappings from application code.

  * 

  * @author tierney.matt

  * @author garsombke.franz

  */

 public interface Mapper {

   /**

    * Constructs new instance of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source

    *

    * @param source

    * @param destinationClass

    * @param <T>

    * @return

    * @throws MappingException

    */

   <T> T map(Object source, Class<T> destinationClass) throws MappingException;

   /**

    * Performs mapping between source and destination objects

    *

    * @param source

    * @param destination

    * @throws MappingException

    */

   void map(Object source, Object destination) throws MappingException;

   /**

    * Constructs new instance of destinationClass and performs mapping between from source

    *

    * @param source

    * @param destinationClass

    * @param mapId

    * @param <T>

    * @return

    * @throws MappingException

    */

   <T> T map(Object source, Class<T> destinationClass, String mapId) throws MappingException;

   /**

    * Performs mapping between source and destination objects

    *

    * @param source

    * @param destination

    * @param mapId

    * @throws MappingException

    */

   void map(Object source, Object destination, String mapId) throws MappingException;

 }