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package software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb;

import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.SdkPublicApi;
import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.ThreadSafe;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.internal.converter.ConverterProviderResolver;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.AttributeValue;

/**
 * Interface for determining the {@link AttributeConverter} to use for
 * converting a given {@link EnhancedType}.
 */
@SdkPublicApi
@ThreadSafe
public interface AttributeConverterProvider {

    /**
     * Finds a {@link AttributeConverter} for converting an object with a type
     * specified by a {@link EnhancedType} to a {@link AttributeValue} and back.
     *
     * @param enhancedType The type of the object to be converted
     * @return {@link AttributeConverter} for converting the given type.
     */
    <T> AttributeConverter<T> converterFor(EnhancedType<T> enhancedType);

    /**
     * Returns a default implementation of AttributeConverterProvider with all
     * standard Java type converters included.
     */
    static AttributeConverterProvider defaultProvider() {
        return ConverterProviderResolver.defaultConverterProvider();
    }
}