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Purpose of the Converter

The Converter serves as a bridge between different data representations. The Store uses the Converter to convert data between the network, local database, and domain models.

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APIs

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Converter

The Converter interface has the following structure: 
interface Converter<Network : Any, Local : Any, Output : Any> {
    fun fromNetworkToLocal(network: Network): Local
    fun fromOutputToLocal(output: Output): Local
}
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Network
Any
required
The type representing the data fetched from the remote source. For example, if fetching a list of posts, this could be List<Post> representing the list of posts.
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Local
Any
required
The type representing the local database model representation of the item being retrieved.
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Output
Any
required
The type representing the domain data model representation of the item being retrieved.

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fromNetworkToLocal

Converts a network data model into a local data model suitable for storage.
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network
Network
required
The network data model to be converted.

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fromOutputToLocal

Converts a domain data model into a local data model suitable for storage.
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output
Output
required
The network data model to be converted.