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020package org.apache.directory.ldap.client.template;
021
022import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.entry.Entry;
023import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.exception.LdapException;
024
025/**
026 * A callback for processing entries from a search result.
027 * 
028 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
029 */
030public interface EntryMapper<T>
031{
032    /**
033     * Will be called once for each entry in the search result.
034     *
035     * @param entry An entry from the search result
036     * @return A object modeling the entry
037     * @throws LdapException If something goes wrong
038     */
039    public T map( Entry entry ) throws LdapException;
040}