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package org.jdbi.v3.core.collector;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import org.jdbi.v3.core.statement.StatementContext;
/**
* Factory for building Collectors to assemble containers of elements.
* The collector produces only objects of the type of the container elements.
*/
public interface CollectorFactory {
/**
* @param containerType the container type
*
* @return whether this factory can produce a collector for the given container type.
*/
boolean accepts(Type containerType);
/**
* @param containerType the container type
*
* @return the container element type if it can be discovered through reflection; empty otherwise.
* @see StatementContext#findElementTypeFor(Type)
*/
Optional<Type> elementType(Type containerType);
/**
* @param containerType the type of the container
*
* @return a {@link Collector} for the given container type.
*
* @see StatementContext#findCollectorFor(Type)
* @see JdbiCollectors#findFor(Type)
*/
Collector<?, ?, ?> build(Type containerType);
}