/*
* Copyright 2012 Jakob Külzer
*
* 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
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*/
package org.om.core.api.mapping.extractor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import org.om.core.api.exception.MappingException;
import org.om.core.api.mapping.MappedField;
import org.om.core.api.mapping.field.PropertyMapping;
/**
* Extracts {@link PropertyMapping}s from a given type.
*
* @author Jakob Külzer
*
*/
public interface FieldMappingExtractor {
/**
* Extracts a {@link MappedField} from the given field.
*
* @param type
* @return
* @throws MappingException
*/
MappedField extract(Field field) throws MappingException;
}