org.omnaest.utils.structure.element.converter
Interface ElementConverterOneToMany<FROM,TO>

All Superinterfaces:

ElementConverter<FROM,Collection<TO>>, ElementConverterSerializable<FROM,Collection<TO>>, Serializable

public interface ElementConverterOneToMany<FROM,TO>
extends ElementConverterSerializable<FROM,Collection<TO>>

The provides the transformation method to transform one generic Collection instance into one or multiple elements of other type. The resulting list will be merged to a ordered list by a transformation process, so the order will be kept.

See Also:

ElementConverter, ListUtils.convert(Collection, ElementConverterOneToMany)

Method Summary

Collection<TO>

convert(FROM element) Transforms a single element from one type into an (ordered) list of the other types.

Method Detail

convert

Collection<TO> convert(FROM element)

Transforms a single element from one type into an (ordered) list of the other types.

Specified by:

convert in interface ElementConverter<FROM,Collection<TO>>

Parameters:

element -

Returns:

converted element