1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2022-2023. Roland T. Lichti, Kaiserpfalz EDV-Service.
3 *
4 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 * (at your option) any later version.
8 *
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 * GNU General Public License for more details.
13 *
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
16 */
17
18 package de.kaiserpfalzedv.commons.jpa;
19
20 /**
21 * Convertible -- This object can be converted.
22 * <p>
23 * The conversion to the B representation is specified by this interface.
24 * The conversion from B to A should be a static method from(B data) returning
25 * the new object.
26 *
27 * @param <A> First representation.
28 * @param <B> Second representation.
29 * @author klenkes74 {@literal <rlichti@kaiserpfalz-edv.de>}
30 * @version 2.0.2 2022-01-16
31 * @since 2.0.0 2022-01-16
32 */
33 public interface Convertible<A, B> {
34 /**
35 * Converts the resource to the data representation.
36 *
37 * @return the converted data resource.
38 */
39 B to();
40 }