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RestKit/Code/ObjectMapping/RKPropertyMapping.h
Blake Watters 4c39918fdb Implement support for flexible metdata mapping. closes #582, #688
* Metadata mapping is implemented via an `NSProxy` object that stands in for the `sourceObject` of each `RKMappingOperation`
* Key paths that are prefixed with `@metadata.` are mapped against the `metadata` dictionary of the operation, else they hit the `sourceObject`.
* Metadata is implemented by merging a dictionary of data in from `RKObjectRequestOperation`, through to `RKResponseMapperOperation`, into `RKMapperOperation`, and all the way down into the `RKMappingOperation`, where it is available to each object. By convention, metdata is namespaced into subdictionaries.
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//
// RKPropertyMapping.h
// RestKit
//
// Created by Blake Watters on 8/27/12.
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@class RKObjectMapping;
/**
`RKPropertyMapping` is an abstract class for describing the properties being mapped within an `RKObjectMapping` or `RKEntityMapping` object. It defines the common interface for its concrete subclasses `RKAttributeMapping` and `RKRelationshipMapping`. Each property mapping defines a single transformation from a source key path (often in the deserialized representation of a JSON or XML document) to a destination key path (typically on a target object).
*/
@interface RKPropertyMapping : NSObject <NSCopying>
///------------------------------------------
/// @name Accessing the Parent Object Mapping
///------------------------------------------
/**
Returns the object mapping the receiver is added to.
*/
@property (nonatomic, weak, readonly) RKObjectMapping *objectMapping;
///-----------------------------------------------------
/// @name Accessing the Source and Destination Key Paths
///-----------------------------------------------------
/**
A key path on the source object from which to get information that is to be mapped onto the destination object.
*/
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *sourceKeyPath;
/**
A key path on the destination object on which to set information that has been mapped from the source object.
*/
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *destinationKeyPath;
///----------------------------------
/// @name Comparing Property Mappings
///----------------------------------
/**
Compares the receiving property mapping to another property mapping.
Two property mappings are equal if they are of the same type (i.e. an `RKAttributeMapping` or an `RKRelatiobshipMapping` object) and specify a mapping from the same source key path to the same destination key path.
@param otherMapping The property mapping object with which to compare the receiver.
@return `YES` if `otherMapping` specifies the same mapping as the receiver, otherwise `NO`.
*/
- (BOOL)isEqualToMapping:(RKPropertyMapping *)otherMapping;
@end