TransformationContext.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.databinding;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.DataType;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.Operation;

/**
 * Context for data transformation
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 * @tuscany.spi.extension.asclient
 */
public interface TransformationContext {

    /**
     * @return
     */
    Operation getSourceOperation();

    /**
     * @param sourceOperation
     */
    void setSourceOperation(Operation sourceOperation);

    /**
     * @return
     */
    Operation getTargetOperation();

    /**
     * @param targetOperation
     */
    void setTargetOperation(Operation targetOperation);

    /**
     * Get the source data type
     * 
     * @return
     */
    DataType getSourceDataType();

    /**
     * Get the target data type
     * 
     * @return
     */
    DataType getTargetDataType();

    /**
     * Set the source data type
     * 
     * @param sourceDataType
     */
    void setSourceDataType(DataType sourceDataType);

    /**
     * Set the target data type
     * 
     * @param targetDataType
     */
    void setTargetDataType(DataType targetDataType);

    /**
     * Get a map of metadata
     * 
     * @return Returns a map of the metadata
     */
    Map<String, Object> getMetadata();

}