Package net.sf.basedb.util.listable

Interface SourceItemTransformerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSourceItemTransformerFactory, SourceItemTransformerWithCache, ToBioSourceSourceItemTransformerFactory, ToDerivedBioAssaySourceItemTransformerFactory, ToExtractSourceItemTransformerFactory, ToPhysicalBioAssaySourceItemTransformerFactory, ToRawBioAssaySourceItemTransformerFactory, ToSampleSourceItemTransformerFactory

public interface SourceItemTransformerFactory

A source item transformer factory is responsible for creating SourceItemTransformer:s that can transform between the supported getSupportedSourceItems(SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform) to the specified getTargetItem().

Since:

3.5

Author:

Nicklas

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SourceItemTransformer	create(Item sourceItemType, SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform transform)	Create a source item transformed that can transform between the given source item and the getTargetItem().
List<Item>	getSupportedSourceItems(SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform transform)	Get the supported source item types when transforming in the specified direction.
Item	getTargetItem()	Get the target item type of this transformer factory.

Method Details

getTargetItem

Item getTargetItem()

Get the target item type of this transformer factory. All transformers created by this factory are expected to have a matching SourceItemTransformer.getTargetItemType().

getSupportedSourceItems

List<Item> getSupportedSourceItems(SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform transform)

Get the supported source item types when transforming in the specified direction. The create(Item, SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform) method should be able to create a SourceItemTransformer for all of the item types returned by this method.

create

SourceItemTransformer create(Item sourceItemType,
SyncFilter.SourceItemTransform transform)

Create a source item transformed that can transform between the given source item and the getTargetItem(). Calling this method with an unsupported combination should result in a null return value.