/*
* 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
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*/
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);
}