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package org.springframework.data.convert;
import java.util.Optional;
import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
/**
* Interface to define strategies how to store type information in a store specific sink or source.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
*/
public interface TypeMapper<S> {
/**
* Reads the {@link TypeInformation} from the given source.
*
* @param source must not be {@literal null}.
* @return
*/
Optional<TypeInformation<?>> readType(S source);
/**
* Returns the {@link TypeInformation} from the given source if it is a more concrete type than the given default one.
*
* @param source must not be {@literal null}.
* @param defaultType
* @return
*/
<T> TypeInformation<? extends T> readType(S source, TypeInformation<T> defaultType);
/**
* Writes type information for the given type into the given sink.
*
* @param type must not be {@literal null}.
* @param dbObject must not be {@literal null}.
*/
void writeType(Class<?> type, S dbObject);
/**
* Writes type information for the given {@link TypeInformation} into the given sink.
*
* @param type must not be {@literal null}.
* @param dbObject must not be {@literal null}.
*/
void writeType(TypeInformation<?> type, S dbObject);
}