1 /*
2 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
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
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15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.web.bind.support;
18
19 import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
20 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
21
22 /**
23 * A factory for creating a {@link WebDataBinder} instance for a named target object.
24 *
25 * @author Arjen Poutsma
26 * @since 3.1
27 */
28 public interface WebDataBinderFactory {
29
30 /**
31 * Create a {@link WebDataBinder} for the given object.
32 * @param webRequest the current request
33 * @param target the object to create a data binder for, or {@code null} if creating a binder for a simple type
34 * @param objectName the name of the target object
35 * @return the created {@link WebDataBinder} instance, never null
36 * @throws Exception raised if the creation and initialization of the data binder fails
37 */
38 WebDataBinder createBinder(NativeWebRequest webRequest, Object target, String objectName) throws Exception;
39
40 }