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package org.springframework.beans;
/**
* Interface for strategies that register custom
* {@link java.beans.PropertyEditor property editors} with a
* {@link org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry property editor registry}.
*
* This is particularly useful when you need to use the same set of
* property editors in several different situations: write a corresponding
* registrar and reuse that in each case.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 1.2.6
* @see PropertyEditorRegistry
* @see java.beans.PropertyEditor
*/
public interface PropertyEditorRegistrar {
/**
* Register custom {@link java.beans.PropertyEditor PropertyEditors} with
* the given {@code PropertyEditorRegistry}.
*
The passed-in registry will usually be a {@link BeanWrapper} or a
* {@link org.springframework.validation.DataBinder DataBinder}.
*
It is expected that implementations will create brand new
* {@code PropertyEditors} instances for each invocation of this
* method (since {@code PropertyEditors} are not threadsafe).
* @param registry the {@code PropertyEditorRegistry} to register the
* custom {@code PropertyEditors} with
*/
void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry);
}