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package org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.support;
/**
* Interface for a component being able to create projections for objects.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
*/
public interface Projector extends ExcerptProjector {
/**
* Returns the projection object for the given source. This may result in the same object being returned or a
* completely different acting as projection for the source.
*
* @param source must not be {@literal null}.
* @return
*/
Object project(Object source);
}