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/* * Copyright 2014-2019 the original author or authors. * * 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 * * https://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.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Map; import org.springframework.lang.Nullable; /** * DocumentMapper interface, it will allow to customize how we mapping object to json * * @author Artur Konczak * @author Rizwan Idrees * @author Mohsin Husen * @author Christoph Strobl */ public interface EntityMapper { String mapToString(Object object) throws IOException; <T> T mapToObject(String source, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException; /** * Map the given {@literal source} to {@link Map}. * * @param source must not be {@literal null}. * @return never {@literal null} * @since 3.2 */ Map<String, Object> mapObject(Object source); /** * Map the given {@link Map} into an instance of the {@literal targetType}. * * @param source must not be {@literal null}. * @param targetType must not be {@literal null}. * @param <T> * @return can be {@literal null}. * @since 3.2 */ @Nullable <T> T readObject(Map<String, Object> source, Class<T> targetType); }