1 /* 2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy; 17 18 /** 19 * A plugin Strategy pattern for converting Java type names into 20 * element names. 21 * 22 * @author <a HREF="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a> 23 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ 24 */ 25 public interface NameMapper { 26 27 /** 28 * Convert the given bean or property name to name for use in XML 29 * (as an element or an attribute qname). 30 * 31 * @param typeName the string to convert 32 * @return the element name for the given bean type name 33 */ 34 String mapTypeToElementName(String typeName); 35 36 } 37