jooq/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ConverterProvider.java

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package org.jooq;
import org.jooq.impl.DefaultConverterProvider;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
/**
* A <code>ConverterProvider</code> provides {@link Converter} implementations
* for any combination of types <code>&lt;T&gt;</code> and
* <code>&lt;U&gt;</code>.
* <p>
* <code>ConverterProvider</code> can be used together with
* {@link RecordMapper}, e.g. when mapping {@link JSON} or {@link XML} data
* types onto POJO types using third party libraries like Jackson, Gson, JAXB,
* or others.
* <p>
* The general expectation is for a {@link ConverterProvider} to be side-effect
* free. Two calls to {@link #provide(Class, Class)} should always produce the
* same {@link Converter} logic and thus conversion behaviour, irrespective of
* context, other than the {@link Configuration} that hosts the
* {@link Configuration#converterProvider()}. This effectively means that it is
* possible for jOOQ to cache the outcome of a {@link #provide(Class, Class)}
* call within the context of a {@link Configuration} or any derived context,
* such as an {@link ExecuteContext}, to greatly improve performance.
*
* @author Lukas Eder
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ConverterProvider {
/**
* Provide a converter that can convert between <code>&lt;T&gt;</code> and
* <code>&lt;U&gt;</code> types.
*
* @return The converter for <code>&lt;T, U&gt;</code>, or <code>null</code>
* if no such converter could be provided, in case of which jOOQ's
* {@link DefaultConverterProvider} applies.
*/
@Nullable
<T, U> Converter<T, U> provide(Class<T> tType, Class<U> uType);
}