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package org.springframework.integration.xquery.support;

import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.xquery.XQResultSequence;

/**
 * The strategy interface that will be used to map the {@link XQResultSequence}
 * returned by XQuery execution to a List of the specified type
 *
 * @author Amol Nayak
 *
 * @since 1.0
 *
 */
public interface XQueryResultMapper<T> {

	/**
	 * Maps the results from the {@link XQResultSequence} to a {@link List} of a specific type
	 * @param result
	 * @return
	 */
	List<T> mapResults(XQResultSequence result);
}
