ConverterRegistry (Spring Framework 4.3.30.RELEASE API)

All Known Subinterfaces:
ConfigurableConversionService, FormatterRegistry
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultConversionService, DefaultFormattingConversionService, FormattingConversionService, GenericConversionService
```
public interface ConverterRegistry
```
For registering converters with a type conversion system.
Since:
3.0
Author:
Keith Donald, Juergen Hoeller

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<S,T> void`	`addConverter(Class<S> sourceType, Class<T> targetType, Converter<? super S,? extends T> converter)`	Add a plain converter to this registry.
`void`	`addConverter(Converter<?,?> converter)`	Add a plain converter to this registry.
`void`	`addConverter(GenericConverter converter)`	Add a generic converter to this registry.
`void`	`addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?,?> factory)`	Add a ranged converter factory to this registry.
`void`	`removeConvertible(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType)`	Remove any converters from `sourceType` to `targetType`.

- Method Detail
  - addConverter
```
void addConverter(Converter<?,?> converter)
```
    Add a plain converter to this registry. The convertible source/target type pair is derived from the Converter's parameterized types.
    Throws:
    IllegalArgumentException - if the parameterized types could not be resolved
  - addConverter
```
<S,T> void addConverter(Class<S> sourceType,
                              Class<T> targetType,
                              Converter<? super S,? extends T> converter)
```
    Add a plain converter to this registry. The convertible source/target type pair is specified explicitly.
    Allows for a Converter to be reused for multiple distinct pairs without having to create a Converter class for each pair.
    Since:
    3.1
  - addConverter
```
void addConverter(GenericConverter converter)
```
    Add a generic converter to this registry.
  - addConverterFactory
```
void addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?,?> factory)
```
    Add a ranged converter factory to this registry. The convertible source/target type pair is derived from the ConverterFactory's parameterized types.
    Throws:
    IllegalArgumentException - if the parameterized types could not be resolved
  - removeConvertible
```
void removeConvertible(Class<?> sourceType,
                       Class<?> targetType)
```
    Remove any converters from sourceType to targetType.
    Parameters:
    sourceType - the source type
    targetType - the target type