InputAdapter (konduit-serving-api 0.3.0 API)

Type Parameters:

INPUT_TYPE - the input type (usually json objects or buffers coming in off the wire)

OUTPUT_TYPE - the output type for use with internal ETL tooling and inference by a verticle
```
public interface InputAdapter<INPUT_TYPE,OUTPUT_TYPE>
```
An input adapter covers converting input data of 1 type to a suitable output type for use with ETL pipeline components such as TransformProcess . Usually the input type is a raw JsonArray or Buffer that is then mapped to some input such as an ndarray or ArrowWritableRecordBatch

Author:

Adam Gibson

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OUTPUT_TYPE`	`convert(INPUT_TYPE input, ConverterArgs parameters, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contextData)`	Convert the input type to the desired output type given the `ConverterArgs`

- Method Detail
  - convert
```
OUTPUT_TYPE convert(INPUT_TYPE input,
                    ConverterArgs parameters,
                    java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contextData)
             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Convert the input type to the desired output type given the ConverterArgs
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the input to convert
    
    parameters - the parameters relevant for conversion of the output
    
    contextData - the routing context when converting
    
    Returns:
    
    the desired output
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - I/O exception