Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

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// The BaseTranslator class is a base helper implementation of an IEntityTranslator
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using System;
using DialogBox.Infrastructure.Interface.Services;

namespace DialogBox.Infrastructure.Library.EntityTranslators
{
    public abstract class BaseTranslator : IEntityTranslator
    {
        public abstract bool CanTranslate(Type targetType, Type sourceType);

        public bool CanTranslate<TTarget, TSource>()
        {
            return CanTranslate(typeof(TTarget), typeof(TSource));
        }

        public TTarget Translate<TTarget>(IEntityTranslatorService service, object source)
        {
            return (TTarget)Translate(service, typeof(TTarget), source);
        }

        public abstract object Translate(IEntityTranslatorService service, Type targetType, object source);
    }
}