iclmapper.java

SRI international 发布的OAA框架软件

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 * Author : evans
 * Date: May 17, 2004
 * Time: 8:57:09 AM
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package com.sri.oaa2.mapper;

import com.sri.oaa2.icl.IclTerm;

/**
 * This is the interface for custom ICL mapping components.  Custom mappings from ICL to Java and back can be implemented
 * using this interface and plugged into the ICL mapping framework.  The class that implements this interface
 * should be thread-safe.
 */
public interface IclMapper
{
    public IclTerm javaToIcl(Object value, OAAMapper mapper) throws MappingException;
    public Object iclToJava(Class type, IclTerm icl, OAAMapper mapper) throws MappingException;
}