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package com.univocity.api.config.builders;
/**
* The AdditionalIdentifiers configuration is obtained from an {@link IdentifierType} or {@link IdentifierTransform} configuration.
*
* It is an optional configuration to associate additional fields from the source entity
* in an {@link EntityMapping} to other identifier fields in the destination entity.
*
* @see IdentifierMappingSetup
*
* @author uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - [email protected]
*
*/
public interface AdditionalIdentifiers {
/**
* This is an optional configuration used to associate additional fields from the source entity
* in an {@link EntityMapping} to other identifier fields in the destination entity.
*
* @param sourceFields the field names in the source entity to be associated with other identifier fields of the destination.
* Expressions are allowed within curly braces (i.e. "{expression}")
* @return the next step of this configuration: define what fields of the destination are identifiers and how they will
* receive the values read from the source.
*/
public IdentifierCopy and(String... sourceFields);
}