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 * Copyright 2017-2021 original authors
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package io.micronaut.data.model.runtime;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;
import io.micronaut.data.model.runtime.convert.AttributeConverter;

/**
 * Attribute converter registry.
 *
 * @author Denis Stepanov
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface AttributeConverterRegistry {

    /**
     * Returns the converter instance.
     *
     * NOTE: The converter class might not implement {@link AttributeConverter} when supporting external converters.
     *
     * @param converterClass The converter class.
     * @return new instance of type converter.
     */
    @NonNull
    AttributeConverter getConverter(@NonNull Class converterClass);

}