de.alpharogroup.db.entitymapper

Class AbstractEntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.db.entitymapper.AbstractEntityBOMapper<E,BO>

Type Parameters:

E - the element type

BO - the generic type

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityBOMapper<E,BO>

public abstract class AbstractEntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>
extends Object
implements EntityBOMapper<E,BO>

The abstract class AbstractEntityBOMapper provides an base implementation for mapping entities to business objects and back.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractEntityBOMapper() Instantiates a new AbstractEntityBOMapper.
AbstractEntityBOMapper(List<String> mappingFiles) Instantiates a new AbstractEntityBOMapper.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.dozer.Mapper	newMapper(List<String> mappingFiles) Factory method for creating the new Mapper for the mapping process with the given mapping files list.
BO	toBusinessObject(E entity) Maps the given entity object to a business object.
List<BO>	toBusinessObjects(List<E> entities) Maps the given list of entity objects to a list of business objects.
List<E>	toEntities(List<BO> businessObjects) Maps the given list of business objects to a list of entity objects.
E	toEntity(BO businessObject) Maps the given business object to a entity object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntityBOMapper

public AbstractEntityBOMapper()

Instantiates a new AbstractEntityBOMapper.

AbstractEntityBOMapper

public AbstractEntityBOMapper(List<String> mappingFiles)

Instantiates a new AbstractEntityBOMapper.

Parameters:

mappingFiles - the mapping files

Method Detail

newMapper

public org.dozer.Mapper newMapper(List<String> mappingFiles)

Factory method for creating the new Mapper for the mapping process with the given mapping files list. This method is invoked in the constructor and can be overridden so users can provide their own mapping process.

Parameters:

mappingFiles - the mapping files

Returns:

the new Mapper for the mapping process.

toBusinessObject

public BO toBusinessObject(E entity)

Maps the given entity object to a business object.

Specified by:

toBusinessObject in interface EntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>

Parameters:

entity - the entity

Returns:

the business object

toBusinessObjects

public List<BO> toBusinessObjects(List<E> entities)

Maps the given list of entity objects to a list of business objects.

Specified by:

toBusinessObjects in interface EntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>

Parameters:

entities - the entities

Returns:

the list of business objects.

toEntities

public List<E> toEntities(List<BO> businessObjects)

Maps the given list of business objects to a list of entity objects.

Specified by:

toEntities in interface EntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>

Parameters:

businessObjects - the list of business objects

Returns:

the list of entity objects.

toEntity

public E toEntity(BO businessObject)

Maps the given business object to a entity object.

Specified by:

toEntity in interface EntityBOMapper<E extends de.alpharogroup.db.entity.BaseEntity<?>,BO extends BusinessObject<?>>

Parameters:

businessObject - the business object

Returns:

the entity object