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/*
 * Fabric3
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Metaform Systems
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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 * Portions originally based on Apache Tuscany 2007
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package org.fabric3.spi.transform;

import java.util.List;

import org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.DataType;

/**
 * Registry of Transformers.
 */
public interface TransformerRegistry {

    /**
     * Returns a transformer that can convert a set of classes from the source to target data type. The source and target data types may be Java
     * types, XML Schema types, etc. The in and out types represent the classes that must be converted.
     *
     * @param source   the data type to transform from
     * @param target   the data type to transform to
     * @param inTypes  the classes that must be converted from
     * @param outTypes the classes that must be converted to
     * @return the transformer or null if one is not found
     * @throws TransformationException if an error occurs returning the transformer
     */
    Transformer getTransformer(DataType source, DataType target, List> inTypes, List> outTypes)
            throws TransformationException;


}