ConverterRepository
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.. java:package:: rsb.converter
   :noindex:

.. java:type:: public interface ConverterRepository<WireType>

   Maintains a collection of converters for a specific wire format. Each converter has a wire type describing the actual message that is written on the wire and a data type that indicates which data it can serialize on the wire.

   :author: swrede
   :param <WireType>: the kind of wire registered converters can deal with

Methods
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addConverter
^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method::  void addConverter(Converter<WireType> converter)
   :outertype: ConverterRepository

   Adds a new converter to the repository.

   :param converter: new converter

getConvertersForDeserialization
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method::  ConverterSelectionStrategy<WireType> getConvertersForDeserialization()
   :outertype: ConverterRepository

   This method queries the converter map for deseralizable data types and returns an UnambiguousConverterMap for the chosen WireType to the caller.

   :return: ConverterSelectionStrategy object for deserialization

getConvertersForSerialization
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method::  ConverterSelectionStrategy<WireType> getConvertersForSerialization()
   :outertype: ConverterRepository

   This method queries the converter map for seralizable data types and returns an UnambiguousConverterMap for the chosen WireType to the caller.

   :return: ConverterSelectionStrategy object for serialization