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package org.springframework.binding.mapping;

/**
 * A lightweight service interface for mapping between two attribute sources.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface are expected to encapsulate the mapping configuration information as well as the
 * logic to act on it to perform mapping between a given source and target attribute source.
 * 
 * @author Keith Donald
 */
public interface AttributeMapper {

	/**
	 * Map data from a source object to a target object.
	 * @param source the source
	 * @param target the target
	 * @param context the mapping context
	 */
	public void map(Object source, Object target, MappingContext context);
}