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16 package org.springframework.binding.mapping;
17
18 /**
19  * A lightweight service interface for mapping between two attribute sources.
20  * <p>
21  * Implementations of this interface are expected to encapsulate the mapping
22  * configuration information as well as the logic to act on it to perform
23  * mapping between a given source and target attribute source.
24  *
25  * @author Keith Donald
26  */
27 public interface AttributeMapper {
28
29     /**
30      * Map data from a source object to a target object.
31      * @param source The source
32      * @param target The target
33      * @param context the mapping context
34      */
35     public void map(Object JavaDoc source, Object JavaDoc target, MappingContext context);
36 }
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