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author | slaws <slaws@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68> | 2009-09-21 12:04:52 +0000 |
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committer | slaws <slaws@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68> | 2009-09-21 12:04:52 +0000 |
commit | 29b47b7b4d205f9199c927da5a604bf2265baf0b (patch) | |
tree | da7c5f4e8c300a870b529294a847241073504d81 /tags/java/sca/1.5.1-RC1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/Transformer.java | |
parent | 7ce2da3d5ac0dab9860484a0e05695385d47cbd2 (diff) |
Tag for 1.5.1-RC1
git-svn-id: http://svn.us.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany@817216 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/tags/java/sca/1.5.1-RC1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/Transformer.java b/tags/java/sca/1.5.1-RC1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/Transformer.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2aa0ad7c15 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/java/sca/1.5.1-RC1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/Transformer.java @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ +package org.apache.tuscany.sca.databinding; + +/** + * A transformer provides the data transformation from source type to target type. The cost of the transformation is + * modelled as weight. + * + * @version $Rev$ $Date$ + */ +public interface Transformer { + /** + * Get the source type that this transformer transforms data from. The type is used as the key when the transformer + * is registered with TransformerRegistry. + * + * @return A key identifying the source type + */ + String getSourceDataBinding(); + + /** + * Get the target type that this transformer transforms data into. The type is used as the key when the transformer + * is registered with TransformerRegistry. + * + * @return A key identifying the target type + */ + String getTargetDataBinding(); + + /** + * Get the cost of the transformation. The weight can be used to choose the most efficient path if there are more + * than one available from the source to the target. + * + * @return An integer representing the cost of the transformation + */ + int getWeight(); +} |