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package org.jooq;
import org.jooq.impl.DefaultConverterProvider;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
A ConverterProvider
provides Converter
implementations for any combination of types <T>
and
<U>
.
ConverterProvider
can be used together with RecordMapper
, e.g. when mapping JSON
or XML
data types onto POJO types using third party libraries like Jackson, Gson, JAXB, or others.
Author: Lukas Eder
/**
* A <code>ConverterProvider</code> provides {@link Converter} implementations
* for any combination of types <code><T></code> and
* <code><U></code>.
* <p>
* <code>ConverterProvider</code> can be used together with
* {@link RecordMapper}, e.g. when mapping {@link JSON} or {@link XML} data
* types onto POJO types using third party libraries like Jackson, Gson, JAXB,
* or others.
*
* @author Lukas Eder
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ConverterProvider {
Provide a converter that can convert between <T>
and
<U>
types.
Returns: The converter for <T, U>
, or null
if no such converter could be provided, in case of which jOOQ's DefaultConverterProvider
applies.
/**
* Provide a converter that can convert between <code><T></code> and
* <code><U></code> types.
*
* @return The converter for <code><T, U></code>, or <code>null</code>
* if no such converter could be provided, in case of which jOOQ's
* {@link DefaultConverterProvider} applies.
*/
@Nullable
<T, U> Converter<T, U> provide(Class<T> tType, Class<U> uType);
}