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The Spring Framework PropertyEditorRegistrar.java source code

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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}.
 *
 * <p>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.
	 * <p>The passed-in registry will usually be a {@link BeanWrapper} or a
	 * {@link org.springframework.validation.DataBinder DataBinder}.
	 * <p>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);

}