org.springframework.data.rest.core.projection

Interface ProjectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProxyProjectionFactory

public interface ProjectionFactory

A factory to create projecting instances for other objects usually used to allow easy creation of representation projections to define which properties of a domain objects shall be exported in which way.

Author:

Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	createProjection(Object source, Class<T> projectionType) Creates a projection of the given type for the given source object.

Method Detail

createProjection

<T> T createProjection(Object source,
                     Class<T> projectionType)

Creates a projection of the given type for the given source object. The individual mapping strategy is defined by the implementations.

Parameters:

source - the object to create a projection for, can be null

projectionType - the type to create.

Returns: