01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.beans;
18:
19: /**
20: * Interface for strategies that register custom
21: * {@link java.beans.PropertyEditor property editors} with a
22: * {@link org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry property editor registry}.
23: *
24: * <p>This is particularly useful when you need to use the same set of
25: * property editors in several different situations: write a corresponding
26: * registrar and reuse that in each case.
27: *
28: * @author Juergen Hoeller
29: * @since 1.2.6
30: * @see PropertyEditorRegistry
31: * @see java.beans.PropertyEditor
32: */
33: public interface PropertyEditorRegistrar {
34:
35: /**
36: * Register custom {@link java.beans.PropertyEditor PropertyEditors} with
37: * the given <code>PropertyEditorRegistry</code>.
38: * <p>The passed-in registry will usually be a {@link BeanWrapper} or a
39: * {@link org.springframework.validation.DataBinder DataBinder}.
40: * <p>It is expected that implementations will create brand new
41: * <code>PropertyEditors</code> instances for each invocation of this
42: * method (since <code>PropertyEditors</code> are not threadsafe).
43: * @param registry the <code>PropertyEditorRegistry</code> to register the
44: * custom <code>PropertyEditors</code> with
45: */
46: void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry);
47:
48: }
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