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package org.hibernate.transform;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

Implementors define a strategy for transforming query results into the
actual application-visible query result list.
Author:
Gavin King
See Also:
setResultTransformer.setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer)
Query.setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer)/**
 * Implementors define a strategy for transforming query results into the
 * actual application-visible query result list.
 *
 * @see org.hibernate.Criteria#setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer)
 * @see org.hibernate.Query#setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer)
 *
 * @author Gavin King
 */
public interface ResultTransformer extends Serializable {
	
Tuples are the elements making up each "row" of the query result.
The contract here is to transform these elements into the final
row.
Params:
tuple – The result elements
aliases – The result aliases ("parallel" array to tuple)
Returns:
The transformed row./**
	 * Tuples are the elements making up each "row" of the query result.
	 * The contract here is to transform these elements into the final
	 * row.
	 *
	 * @param tuple The result elements
	 * @param aliases The result aliases ("parallel" array to tuple)
	 * @return The transformed row.
	 */
	public Object transformTuple(Object[] tuple, String[] aliases);

	
Here we have an opportunity to perform transformation on the
query result as a whole.  This might be useful to convert from
one collection type to another or to remove duplicates from the
result, etc.
Params:
collection – The result.
Returns:
The transformed result./**
	 * Here we have an opportunity to perform transformation on the
	 * query result as a whole.  This might be useful to convert from
	 * one collection type to another or to remove duplicates from the
	 * result, etc.
	 *
	 * @param collection The result.
	 * @return The transformed result.
	 */
	public List transformList(List collection);
}