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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
}
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.

Local
Any
required

The type representing the local database model representation of the item being retrieved.

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.

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.

output
Output
required

The network data model to be converted.

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