Package org.modelmapper.spi

Interface MatchingStrategy

public interface MatchingStrategy
Identifies source to destination property matches by comparing source and destination type, property and property type names.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    isExact()
    Indicates whether the matching strategy determines exact matches that are guaranteed not to be ambiguous with any other source and destination properties in the object graph.
    boolean
    matches(PropertyNameInfo propertyNameInfo)
    Determines whether the data contained in the propertyNameInfo represents a source to destination match.

  • Method Details

    • isExact

      boolean isExact()
      Indicates whether the matching strategy determines exact matches that are guaranteed not to be ambiguous with any other source and destination properties in the object graph. If false, ModelMapper will search the object graph for duplicate matches for each destination property hierarchy.
      Returns:
      true if the matching strategy determines exact matches else false

    • matches

      boolean matches(PropertyNameInfo propertyNameInfo)
      Determines whether the data contained in the propertyNameInfo represents a source to destination match.
      Parameters:
      propertyNameInfo - to match against
      Returns:
      true if the propertyNameInfo represents a match else false