001 /** 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 package org.apache.camel.spi; 018 019 import org.apache.camel.TypeConverter; 020 021 /** 022 * Registry for type converters. 023 * 024 * @version $Revision: 738826 $ 025 */ 026 public interface TypeConverterRegistry { 027 028 /** 029 * Registers a new type converter 030 * 031 * @param toType the type to convert to 032 * @param fromType the type to convert from 033 * @param typeConverter the type converter to use 034 */ 035 void addTypeConverter(Class toType, Class fromType, TypeConverter typeConverter); 036 037 /** 038 * Registers a new fallback type converter 039 * 040 * @param typeConverter the type converter to use 041 */ 042 void addFallbackTypeConverter(TypeConverter typeConverter); 043 044 /** 045 * Performs a lookup for a given type converter. 046 * 047 * @param toType the type to convert to 048 * @param fromType the type to convert from 049 * @return the type converter or null if not found. 050 */ 051 TypeConverter lookup(Class toType, Class fromType); 052 053 /** 054 * Sets the injector to be used for creating new instances during type convertions. 055 */ 056 void setInjector(Injector injector); 057 058 /** 059 * Gets the injector 060 */ 061 Injector getInjector(); 062 }