/*
* Copyright 2014 Igor Maznitsa (http://www.igormaznitsa.com).
*
* 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 com.igormaznitsa.prol.logic;
/**
* The interface desribes a class which can be used for search of a mapped
* object for a string key. The key is the text of a Term object.
*
* @author Igor Maznitsa (igor.maznitsa@igormaznitsa.com)
*/
public interface ProlMappedObjectSearcher {
/**
* The function allows to find the mapped object
*
* @param termText the text which should be used as the key, must not be null
* @return Object if it has been found, else null
*/
Object findProlMappedObject(String termText);
/**
* The function allows to find associated text string with a Java object
*
* @param obj the object we need the string for
* @return the string representation of the object, else null if it is not
* found
*/
String findProlMappedTerm(Object obj);
}