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package org.modelmapper.spi;
/**
* Engine that performs mapping operations.
*
* @author Jonathan Halterman
*/
public interface MappingEngine {
/**
* Maps an instance of type {@code D} for the {@code context}.
*
* @param source type
* @param destination type
* @param context to map for
* @return fully mapped instance of {@code D}
*/
D map(MappingContext context);
/**
* Creates an instance of the destination type for the {@code context}, capturing any errors that
* may occur during instantiation.
*/
D createDestination(MappingContext context);
}