TypeMapper.java

/*
 *    ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
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package alma.acs.component.dynwrapper;

import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Abstract base class for concrete mapper classes that convert an object into another
 * one of a different type, and the other way round. 
 * 
 * @author hsommer
 */
public abstract class TypeMapper
{
	protected final Object m_delegate;
	protected final Logger m_logger;

	protected boolean m_verbose = false;
	

	public TypeMapper(Object delegate, Logger logger)
	{
		m_delegate = delegate;
		m_logger = logger;
	}

	
	public abstract boolean canTranslate(Class<?> oldObjClass, Class<?> newObjClass, 
											ComponentInvocationHandler invHandler);


	public abstract <T> Object translate(Object oldObject, T newObjectTemplate, Class<T> newObjectClass,
											ComponentInvocationHandler invHandler)
		throws DynWrapperException;
}