/*
* Copyright (C) 2003-2011 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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*/
package org.etk.model.plugins.entity.type;
import org.etk.model.plugins.vt2.PropertyMetaType;
import org.etk.orm.plugins.bean.type.SimpleTypeProvider;
/**
* Created by The eXo Platform SAS
* Author : eXoPlatform
* exo@exoplatform.com
* Jul 15, 2011
*/
/**
* The mapping between a Table.Field property type and a simple type. A simple type is any class
* that can be converted back and forth to a particular JCR type.
*
*/
public interface SimpleTypeBinding {
/**
* Returns the property meta type.
*
* @return the property meta type
*/
PropertyMetaType<?> getPropertyMetaType();
/**
* Create a simple type provider for this mapping. Note that this operation is only guaranted during the runtime
* phase as it requires to load the {@code org.chromattic.spi.type.SimpleTypeProvider} class.
*
* @return the simple type provider
*/
SimpleTypeProvider<?, ?> create();
}