/*
* Hibernate Search, full-text search for your domain model
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.search.bridge;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
/**
* A {@code FieldBridge} able to convert the index representation back into an object without losing information.
* Any bridge expected to process a document id should implement this interface.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
public interface TwoWayFieldBridge extends FieldBridge, StringBridge {
/**
* Build the element object from the <code>Document</code>
*
* @param name field name
* @param document document
* @return The return value is the entity property value.
*/
Object get(String name, Document document);
/**
* Convert the object representation to a string.
*
* @param object The object to index.
* @return string (index) representation of the specified object. Must not be <code>null</code>, but
* can be empty.
*/
@Override
String objectToString(Object object);
}