CMSItemConverter (hybris Commerce Suite 2011)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCMSItemConverter
```
public interface CMSItemConverter
```
Interface responsible for converting back and forth between an ItemModel and a serializable Map of its attribute names and their values.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>`	`convert(ItemModel source)`	Converts an `ItemModel` to a serializable `Map`.
`ItemModel`	`convert(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> source)`	Converts a deserializable `Map` to an `ItemModel`.

- Method Detail
  - convert
```
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> convert(ItemModel source)
```
    Converts an ItemModel to a serializable Map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the ItemModel to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    the ItemModel converted to a Map
  - convert
```
ItemModel convert(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> source)
```
    Converts a deserializable Map to an ItemModel.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the Map to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the Map converted to an ItemModel
    
    Throws:
    
    ConversionException - if unknown UUID are provided, property types cannot be instantiated or if properties or sub properties cannot be converted