package org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type;

/**
 * The TypeMappingRegistry provides access to the type mappings within XFire.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dan@envoisolutions.com">Dan Diephouse</a>
 * @since Feb 18, 2004
 */
public interface TypeMappingRegistry
{
    final public static String ROLE = TypeMappingRegistry.class.getName();

    /**
     */
    public TypeMapping register(String encodingStyleURI, TypeMapping mapping);

    /**
     */
    public void registerDefault(TypeMapping mapping);

    /**
     * Gets the registered default <code>TypeMapping</code> instance.
     * This method returns <code>null</code> if there is no registered
     * default TypeMapping in the registry.
     *
     * @return The registered default <code>TypeMapping</code> instance
     *     or <code>null</code>.
     */
    public TypeMapping getDefaultTypeMapping();

    /**
     * Returns a list of registered encodingStyle URIs in this
     * <code>TypeMappingRegistry</code> instance.
     *
     * @return Array of the registered encodingStyle URIs
     */
    public String[] getRegisteredEncodingStyleURIs();

    /**
     * Returns the registered <code>TypeMapping</code> for the specified
     * encodingStyle URI. If there is no registered <code>TypeMapping</code>
     * for the specified <code>encodingStyleURI</code>, this method
     * returns <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param encodingStyleURI Encoding style specified as an URI
     * @return TypeMapping for the specified encodingStyleURI or
     *     <code>null</code>
     */
    public TypeMapping getTypeMapping(String encodingStyleURI);

    /**
     * Creates a new empty <code>TypeMapping</code> object.
     *
     * @return TypeMapping instance.
     */
    public TypeMapping createTypeMapping(boolean autoTypes);

    /**
     * Create a type mapping with the specified encodying style.
     * 
     * @param encodingStyleURI Encoding style specified as an URI
     * @param autoTypes Should this mapping auto-generate types where possible
     * @return TypeMapping instance
     */
    public TypeMapping createTypeMapping(String encodingStyleURI, boolean autoTypes);

    /**
     * Unregisters a TypeMapping instance, if present, from the specified
     * encodingStyleURI.
     *
     * @param encodingStyleURI Encoding style specified as an URI
     * @return <code>TypeMapping</code> instance that has been unregistered
     *     or <code>null</code> if there was no TypeMapping
     *     registered for the specified <code>encodingStyleURI</code>
     */
    public TypeMapping unregisterTypeMapping(String encodingStyleURI);

    /**
     * Removes a <code>TypeMapping</code> from the TypeMappingRegistry. A
     * <code>TypeMapping</code> is associated with 1 or more
     * encodingStyleURIs. This method unregisters the specified
     * <code>TypeMapping</code> instance from all associated
     * <code>encodingStyleURIs</code> and then removes this
     * TypeMapping instance from the registry.
     *
     * @param mapping TypeMapping to remove
     * @return <code>true</code> if specified <code>TypeMapping</code>
     *     is removed from the TypeMappingRegistry; <code>false</code>
     *     if the specified <code>TypeMapping</code> was not in the
     *     <code>TypeMappingRegistry</code>
     */
    public boolean removeTypeMapping(TypeMapping mapping);

    /**
     * Removes all registered TypeMappings and encodingStyleURIs
     * from this TypeMappingRegistry.
     */
    public void clear();
}

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