/* * 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 * limitations under the License. */ package org.om.core.api.persistence.interceptor.handler; import org.om.core.api.mapping.MappedField; import org.om.core.api.mapping.field.Mapping; import org.om.core.api.persistence.PersistenceAdapter; /** * Handles the actual translation from the storage repository provided value * into an object of the appropriate type as described by the {@link Mapping}. * * @author Jakob Külzer * */ public interface ItemHandler { /** * Retrieves the object described by the mapping form the given * {@link PersistenceAdapter}. * * @param mapping * @param adapter * @return */ Object retrieve(MappedField mappedField, PersistenceAdapter adapter); }