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package info.magnolia.jcr.node2bean;
import info.magnolia.objectfactory.ComponentProvider;
import javax.jcr.Node;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
/**
* Transforms nodes to beans or maps. The transformer is use to resolve classes or to instantiate beans.
*/
public interface Node2BeanProcessor {
/**
* Transforms given node to bean.
* @param node which will be transformed to bean
* @return bean object
* @throws Node2BeanException
* @throws RepositoryException
*/
public Object toBean(Node node) throws Node2BeanException, RepositoryException;
/**
* Transforms given node to bean. Class parameter will be used in transformer as default type.
* @param node which will be transformed to bean
* @param defaultClass default type
* @return bean object
* @throws Node2BeanException
* @throws RepositoryException
*/
public Object toBean(Node node, Class<?> defaultClass) throws Node2BeanException, RepositoryException;
/**
* Transforms the node to a bean using the passed transformer and component provider.
* @param node which will be transformed to bean
* @param recursive if set to true then all subnodes will be transformed as well
* @return bean object
* @throws Node2BeanException
* @throws RepositoryException
*/
public Object toBean(Node node, boolean recursive, final Node2BeanTransformer transformer, ComponentProvider componentProvider) throws Node2BeanException, RepositoryException;
/**
* Similar to <code>toBean()</code> but uses a passed bean as the root bean.
* @todo better name - configureBean
* @throws RepositoryException
*/
public Object setProperties(final Object bean, Node node, boolean recursive, final Node2BeanTransformer transformer, ComponentProvider componentProvider) throws Node2BeanException, RepositoryException;
}