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// JTOpen (IBM Toolbox for Java - OSS version)
//
// Filename: ValueMap.java
//
// The source code contained herein is licensed under the IBM Public License
// Version 1.0, which has been approved by the Open Source Initiative.
// Copyright (C) 1997-2000 International Business Machines Corporation and
// others. All rights reserved.
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package com.ibm.as400.resource;
import com.ibm.as400.access.AS400;
/**
The ValueMap interface represents a mapping between physical and
logical values. While this could be used in many contexts, the
most common is to consider the physical value as stored on or
communicated to a system, and the logical value to be manipulated
or externalized in Java.
This class is intended as a helper class for implementing subclasses
of {@link com.ibm.as400.resource.Resource Resource}.
@see AbstractValueMap
@deprecated Use packages com.ibm.as400.access and com.ibm.as400.access.list instead.
**/
public interface ValueMap
{
/**
Maps from a logical value to a physical value.
@param logicalValue The logical value.
@param system The system.
@return The physical value.
**/
public abstract Object ltop(Object logicalValue, AS400 system);
/**
Maps from a physical value to a logical value.
@param physicalValue The physical value.
@param system The system.
@return The logical value.
**/
public abstract Object ptol(Object physicalValue, AS400 system);
}