archiva/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/ModelMapperFactory.java

package org.apache.archiva.common;
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/**
 * Interface that returns a given DTO mapper.
 *
 * @author Martin Schreier <martin_s@apache.org>
 *
 * @param <SB> The base source type for the model mapper
 * @param <TB> The base target type for the model mapper
 */
public interface ModelMapperFactory<SB,TB>
{
    /**
     * Returns a mapper for the given source and target type. If no mapper is registered for this combination,
     * it will throw a {@link IllegalArgumentException}
     * @param sourceType the source type for the mapping
     * @param targetType the destination type
     * @param <S> source type
     * @param <T> destination type
     * @return the mapper instance
     */
    <S extends SB, T extends TB> ModelMapper<S, T> getMapper( Class<S> sourceType, Class<T> targetType ) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}