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package org.jdal.web.table;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Interface to map models to/from VOs for serialization
* to json strings.
*
* @author Jose Luis Martin - ([email protected])
*/
public interface ModelMapper {
/**
* Maps model to view model
* @param obj to convert to view model
* @return view model
*/
Object fromModel(Object obj);
/**
* maps view model to model
* @param obj voew model to convert to model
* @return model
*/
Object toModel(Object obj);
/**
* Same from ViewModel, but with collections
* @param collection the collection to convert
* @return converted collection
*/
Collection fromModel(Collection collection);
/**
* Same toViewModel, but with collections
* @param collection the collection to convert
* @return converted collection
*/
Collection toModel(Collection collection);
}