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package org.drools.eclipse.flow.common.datatype;

import java.util.Set;

import org.jbpm.process.core.datatype.DataTypeFactory;

/**
 * A registry of datatypes.
 */
public interface DataTypeRegistry {
    
    /**
     * Returns all registered data types.
     */
    Set<IDataTypeInfo> getDataTypes();
    
    void registerDataType(Class<?> type, DataTypeFactory dataTypeFactory, String name,
        Class<?> valueEditorClass, Class<?> dataTypeEditorClass);
    
    /**
     * Returns the data type info of the data type with the given type
     * @param type
     * @return the data type info
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the data type info of this type cannot be found
     */
    IDataTypeInfo getDataTypeInfo(Class<?> type);
    
    interface IDataTypeInfo {
        Class<?> getType();
        DataTypeFactory getDataTypeFactory();
        String getName();
        Class<?> getDataTypeEditorClass();
        Class<?> getValueEditorClass();
    }
}
