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package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 * The <code>javax.xml.rpc.encoding.TypeMapping</code> is the base
 * interface for the representation of a type mapping. A TypeMapping
 * implementation class may support one or more encoding styles.
 * <p>
 * For its supported encoding styles, a TypeMapping instance
 * maintains a set of tuples of the type {Java type,
 * <code>SerializerFactory</code>,
 * <code>DeserializerFactory</code>, XML type}.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface TypeMapping {

    /**
     * Returns the encodingStyle URIs (as String[]) supported by
     * this TypeMapping instance. A TypeMapping that contains only
     * encoding style independent serializers and deserializers
     * returns <code>null</code> from this method.
     *
     * @return  Array of encodingStyle URIs for the supported
     *    encoding styles
     */
    public String[] getSupportedEncodings();

    /**
     * Sets the encodingStyle URIs supported by this TypeMapping
     * instance. A TypeMapping that contains only encoding
     * independent serializers and deserializers requires
     * <code>null</code> as the parameter for this method.
     *
     * @param encodingStyleURIs Array of encodingStyle URIs for the
     * supported encoding styles
     */
    public void setSupportedEncodings(String[] encodingStyleURIs);

    /**
     * Checks whether or not type mapping between specified XML
     * type and Java type is registered.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     * @return boolean; <code>true</code> if type mapping between the
     *      specified XML type and Java type is registered;
     *      otherwise <code>false</code>
     */
    public boolean isRegistered(Class javaType, QName xmlType);

    /**
     * Registers SerializerFactory and DeserializerFactory for a
     * specific type mapping between an XML type and Java type.
     * This method replaces any existing registered SerializerFactory
     * DeserializerFactory instances.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     * @param sf SerializerFactory
     * @param dsf DeserializerFactory
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException if there are any errors that
     *              prevent registration
     */
    public void register(Class javaType, QName xmlType, SerializerFactory sf,
                         DeserializerFactory dsf);

    /**
     * Gets the SerializerFactory registered for the specified
     * pair of Java type and XML data type.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     *
     * @return Registered SerializerFactory or <code>null</code>
     *    if there is no registered factory
     */
    public SerializerFactory getSerializer(Class javaType, QName xmlType);

    /**
     * Gets the DeserializerFactory registered for the specified pair
     * of Java type and XML data type.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     *
     * @return Registered SerializerFactory or <code>null</code>
     *     if there is no registered factory
     */
    public DeserializerFactory getDeserializer(Class javaType, QName xmlType);

    /**
     * Removes the SerializerFactory registered for the specified
     * pair of Java type and XML data type.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException if there is any error that prevents
     *              removal of the registered SerializerFactory
     */
    public void removeSerializer(Class javaType, QName xmlType);

    /**
     * Removes the DeserializerFactory registered for the specified
     * pair of Java type and XML data type.
     *
     * @param javaType Class of the Java type
     * @param xmlType Qualified name of the XML data type
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException if there is any error in removing
     *              the registered DeserializerFactory
     */
    public void removeDeserializer(Class javaType, QName xmlType);
}