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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}.
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} instances for each invocation of this
42 * method (since {@code PropertyEditors} are not threadsafe).
43 * @param registry the {@code PropertyEditorRegistry} to register the
44 * custom {@code PropertyEditors} with
45 */
46 void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry);
47
48 }