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package info.magnolia.content2bean;

import info.magnolia.objectfactory.Components;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

/**
 * Contract for mapping of the type and its properties to appropriate java beans.
 * @author philipp
 * @version $Id$
 *
 */
public interface TypeMapping {

    public static TypeDescriptor MAP_TYPE = Factory.getDefaultMapping().getTypeDescriptor(LinkedHashMap.class);

    public PropertyTypeDescriptor getPropertyTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, String propName);

    public TypeDescriptor getTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass);

    /**
     * @deprecated since 4.5 - unused
     */
    public void addPropertyTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, String propName, PropertyTypeDescriptor dscr);

    /**
     * @deprecated since 4.5 - should not be part of the interface
     */
    public void addTypeDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, TypeDescriptor dscr);

    /**
     * Get the default transformer.
     * @deprecated since 4.5, use IoC.
     */
    class Factory{
        public static TypeMapping getDefaultMapping(){
            return Components.getSingleton(TypeMapping.class);
        }
    }


}