BeanProcessor.java

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package com.univocity.parsers.common.processor;

import com.univocity.parsers.annotations.helpers.*;
import com.univocity.parsers.common.*;
import com.univocity.parsers.common.processor.core.*;

/**
 *
 * A {@link RowProcessor} implementation for converting rows extracted from any implementation of {@link AbstractParser} into java objects.
 * <p>The class type of the object must contain the annotations provided in {@link com.univocity.parsers.annotations}.
 *
 * <p> For each row processed, a java bean instance of a given class will be created with its fields populated.
 * <p> This instance will then be sent to the {@link BeanProcessor#beanProcessed(Object, Context)} method, where the user can access it.
 *
 * @see AbstractParser
 * @see RowProcessor
 * @see AbstractBeanProcessor
 *
 * @param <T> the annotated class type.
 *
 * @author Univocity Software Pty Ltd - <a href="mailto:parsers@univocity.com">parsers@univocity.com</a>
 *
 */
public abstract class BeanProcessor<T> extends AbstractBeanProcessor<T, ParsingContext> implements RowProcessor{

	/**
	 * Creates a processor for java beans of a given type.
	 * @param beanType the class with its attributes mapped to fields of records parsed by an {@link AbstractParser} or written by an {@link AbstractWriter}.
	 */
	public BeanProcessor(Class<T> beanType) {
		super(beanType, MethodFilter.ONLY_SETTERS);
	}


}