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package org.apache.cxf.databinding;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.cxf.service.Service;

public interface DataBinding {
    
    <T> DataReader<T> createReader(Class<T> cls);
    
    <T> DataWriter<T> createWriter(Class<T> cls);
    
    Class<?>[] getSupportedReaderFormats();
    
    Class<?>[] getSupportedWriterFormats();
    
    /**
     * Initialize the service info (i.e. type & element names, Schemas) with 
     * information from the databinding.
     * @param service
     */
    void initialize(Service service);
    
    /**
     * Return a set of mappings from namespace to prefix to allow bindings to control
     * the prefixes.
     * @return the map, or null if there are none.
     */
    Map<String, String> getDeclaredNamespaceMappings();

}
