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* Orika - simpler, better and faster Java bean mapping
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package ma.glasnost.orika.unenhance;
import ma.glasnost.orika.metadata.Type;
/**
* Defines a strategy to unenhance an object specifically a proxy one like those
* of Hibernate.
* Unenhanement can be used in cases where a class needs to be "unwrapped" from
* a proxy, or when a super-type or interface should be used for an object
* instead of the object's own class.
*
*
* @author S.M. El Aatifi
*
*/
public interface UnenhanceStrategy {
/**
* Should return the unenhanced type to be used when determining attribute
* mapping information for the type.
*
* @param
* @param type
* @return
*/
Type unenhanceType(T object, Type type);
T unenhanceObject(T object, Type type);
}