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package com.blazebit.persistence;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An object build provides the select clause expressions that should be used by a {@link FullQueryBuilder} and provides methods for
* transforming tuples into the target type T.
*
* @param The type that this builder produces
* @author Christian Beikov
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public interface ObjectBuilder {
/**
* Applies the select items necessary for this object builder to work.
*
* @param selectBuilder The selectBuilder on which to apply the selects
* @param The type of the select builder
*/
// TODO: Create a special subtype "ObjectBuilderTarget" that extends SelectBuilder & FetchBuilder
public > void applySelects(X selectBuilder);
/**
* Builds an object of the target type T from the given tuple.
*
* @param tuple The result tuple
* @return The target object
*/
public T build(Object[] tuple);
/**
* Transforms the given list and returns the result.
*
* @param list The list to be transformed
* @return The resulting list
*/
public List buildList(List list);
}