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34 package info.magnolia.content2bean;
35
36 import info.magnolia.objectfactory.Components;
37
38 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
39
40 /**
41 * Contract for mapping of the type and its properties to appropriate java beans.
42 * @author philipp
43 * @version $Id$
44 *
45 */
46 public interface TypeMapping {
47
48 public static TypeDescriptor MAP_TYPE = Factory.getDefaultMapping().getTypeDescriptor(LinkedHashMap.class);
49
50 public PropertyTypeDescriptor getPropertyTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, String propName);
51
52 public TypeDescriptor getTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass);
53
54 /**
55 * @deprecated since 4.5 - unused
56 */
57 public void addPropertyTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, String propName, PropertyTypeDescriptor dscr);
58
59 /**
60 * @deprecated since 4.5 - should not be part of the interface
61 */
62 public void addTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, TypeDescriptor dscr);
63
64 /**
65 * Get the default transformer.
66 * @deprecated since 4.5, use IoC.
67 */
68 class Factory{
69 public static TypeMapping getDefaultMapping(){
70 return Components.getSingleton(TypeMapping.class);
71 }
72 }
73
74
75 }