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package com.intellij.util.xml;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * @author Dmitry Avdeev
 * @see com.intellij.util.xml.DomManager#getConverterManager()
 */
public interface ConverterManager {

  void addConverter(Class clazz, Converter converter);

  @NotNull
  Converter getConverterInstance(Class<? extends Converter> converterClass);

  @Nullable
  Converter getConverterByClass(Class<?> convertingClass);

  /**
   * Registers the given {@link Converter} implementation at runtime.
   *
   * @param converterInterface Interface defined in {@link DomElement} definition.
   * @param converterImpl      Implementation to use.
   * @deprecated use com.intellij.dom.converter extension instead
   */
  <T extends Converter> void registerConverterImplementation(Class<T> converterInterface, T converterImpl);
}