content: /*
   *   Copyright 2009 Joubin Houshyar
   * 
   *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *    
   *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *    
   *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   *   limitations under the License.
   */
  
  package org.jredis.semantics;
  
  import org.jredis.Codec;
  import org.jredis.JRedis;
  
  /**
   * A CodecManager maintains a mapping of Java types to {@link Codec} instances
   * and can be used by a {@link JRedis} implementation to support the optional semantic
   * methods.
   * 
   * @author  Joubin Houshyar (alphazero@sensesay.net)
   * @version alpha.0, Apr 14, 2009
   * @since   alpha.0
   * 
   */
  
  public interface CodecManager {
  	public <T> Codec<T>		getCodec(Class<T> type);
  	public <T>	boolean 	register (Codec<T> code, Class<T> type);
  }
  