JDBCTypeMapper.java

/**
 * Copyright 2015 Santhosh Kumar Tekuri
 *
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package jlibs.jdbc;

/**
 * This class defines conversion user type to native type
 * and vice versa.
 *
 * @param <U> User Type
 * @param <N> Native Type (Java type which is supported by JDBC)
 * 
 * @author Santhosh Kumar T
 */
public interface JDBCTypeMapper<U, N>{
    public U nativeToUser(N nativeValue);
    public N userToNative(U userValue);
}