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package org.springframework.format;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterRegistry;
/**
* A registry of field formatting logic.
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface FormatterRegistry extends ConverterRegistry {
/**
* Adds a Formatter to format fields of a specific type.
* The field type is implied by the parameterized Formatter instance.
* @param formatter the formatter to add
* @see #addFormatterForFieldType(Class, Formatter)
* @since 3.1
*/
void addFormatter(Formatter formatter);
/**
* Adds a Formatter to format fields of the given type.
* On print, if the Formatter's type T is declared and {@code fieldType} is not assignable to T,
* a coercion to T will be attempted before delegating to {@code formatter} to print a field value.
* On parse, if the parsed object returned by {@code formatter} is not assignable to the runtime field type,
* a coercion to the field type will be attempted before returning the parsed field value.
* @param fieldType the field type to format
* @param formatter the formatter to add
*/
void addFormatterForFieldType(Class fieldType, Formatter formatter);
/**
* Adds a Printer/Parser pair to format fields of a specific type.
* The formatter will delegate to the specified {@code printer} for printing
* and the specified {@code parser} for parsing.
*
On print, if the Printer's type T is declared and {@code fieldType} is not assignable to T,
* a coercion to T will be attempted before delegating to {@code printer} to print a field value.
* On parse, if the object returned by the Parser is not assignable to the runtime field type,
* a coercion to the field type will be attempted before returning the parsed field value.
* @param fieldType the field type to format
* @param printer the printing part of the formatter
* @param parser the parsing part of the formatter
*/
void addFormatterForFieldType(Class fieldType, Printer printer, Parser parser);
/**
* Adds a Formatter to format fields annotated with a specific format annotation.
* @param annotationFormatterFactory the annotation formatter factory to add
*/
void addFormatterForFieldAnnotation(AnnotationFormatterFactory annotationFormatterFactory);
}