MongoDBConverter.java

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package cz.cuni.mff.d3s.been.mapstore.mongodb;

import com.mongodb.DBObject;

/**
 * MongoDB converter.
 */
public interface MongoDBConverter {

	/**
	 * Convert from Hazelcast shared object to a MongoDB object
	 *
	 * @param obj Object from Hazelcast
	 *
	 * @return the MongoDB object
	 */
	DBObject toDBObject(Object obj);

	/**
	 * Convert from MongoDB object to an object shareable in Hazelcast
	 *
	 * @param clazz Class resulting shareable object
	 * @param dbObject MongoDB object to deserialize
	 *
	 * @return The shareable object
	 */
	Object toObject(Class clazz, DBObject dbObject);
}