/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright 2015 Software Evolution and Architecture Lab, University of Zurich
*
* 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
* limitations under the License.
******************************************************************************/
package eu.cloudwave.wp5.feedbackhandler.model.impl.converter;
import eu.cloudwave.wp5.common.model.Procedure;
import eu.cloudwave.wp5.common.model.impl.ProcedureImpl;
/**
* Provides methods to convert any objects implementing one of the common model interfaces (e.g. DTO's) into concrete
* model entities.
*/
public interface ModelConverter {
/**
* Converts any {@link Procedure} to a {@link ProcedureImpl}.
*
* @param procedure
* the {@link Procedure} to be converted
* @return the created {@link ProcedureImpl}.
*/
public ProcedureImpl convert(Procedure procedure);
}