Mapping fields of a ContactManager contact

The method fieldMapping(Entity#Field) by default maps ABContact entity and subentity fields in both directions, both to and from a Guidewire core application.

Note: Parameters to methods in ContactMapper use Gosu feature literals syntax to statically refer to an entity’s fields. See Using feature literals.

The mapping directions are:

To a Guidewire core application: From a ContactManager entity to an XML object to be sent to a Guidewire core application
From a Guidewire core application: From an XML object sent by a core application to a ContactManager entity

You also use this method to map fields of an entity that the contact references with either an array reference or a foreign key. To map a foreign key or array reference itself, you use different methods.

Each complete method call must be followed by a comma unless it is the last method call in the block.

Specifying a Single Direction

You specify a single direction by using .withMappingDirection, as follows:

.withMappingDirection(TO_XML)

Maps the field from ContactManager to the core application.

For example, use this method call to map a LinkID field to a core application:

fieldMapping(ABContact#LinkID)
  .withMappingDirection(TO_XML),

.withMappingDirection(TO_BEAN)

Maps the field from the core application to ContactManager.