1 /*
2 * Copyright 2010, 2011 Chris Pheby
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
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 package org.jadira.bindings.core.spi;
17
18 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
19 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
20 import java.util.Map;
21
22 import org.jadira.bindings.core.binder.ConverterKey;
23
24 /**
25 * Defines an extension point to the binding framework for adding new binding capabilities
26 */
27 public interface ConverterProvider {
28
29 /**
30 * Match methods that can perform a to operation
31 * @param cls The class being inspected
32 * @param <I> Input type
33 * @param <O> Output type
34 * @return The methods
35 */
36 <I,O> Map<ConverterKey<?, ?>, Method> matchToMethods(Class<?> cls);
37
38 /**
39 * Match constructors that can perform a from operation
40 * @param cls The class being inspected
41 * @param <I> Input type
42 * @param <O> Output type
43 * @return The constructors
44 */
45 <I,O> Map<ConverterKey<?, ?>, Constructor<O>> matchFromConstructors(Class<O> cls);
46
47 /**
48 * Match methods that can perform a from operation
49 * @param cls The class being inspected
50 * @param <I> Input type
51 * @param <O> Output type
52 * @return The methods
53 */
54 <I,O> Map<ConverterKey<?, ?>, Method> matchFromMethods(Class<?> cls);
55 }