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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</code>.
* <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</code> instances for each invocation of this
* method (since <code>PropertyEditors</code> are not threadsafe).
* @param registry the <code>PropertyEditorRegistry</code> to register the
* custom <code>PropertyEditors</code> with
*/
void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry);
}
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