package org.infinispan.persistence.keymappers;
/**
* Defines the logic of mapping a key object to a String. This is required by certain cache stores, in order
* to map each key to a String which the underlying store is capable of handling. It should generate a unique String
* based on the supplied key.
*
* @author Mircea.Markus@jboss.com
* @author Manik Surtani
*/
public interface Key2StringMapper {
/**
* Do we support this key type?
* @param keyType type to test
* @return true if the type is supported, false otherwise.
*/
boolean isSupportedType(Class<?> keyType);
/**
* Must return an unique String for the supplied key.
* @param key key to map to a String
* @return String representation of the key
*/
String getStringMapping(Object key);
}