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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.tuscany.spi.databinding;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.model.DataType;
+
+/**
+ * DataBinding represents a data representation, for example, SDO, JAXB and AXIOM
+ */
+public interface DataBinding {
+    /**
+     * The name of a databinding should be case-insensitive and unique
+     *
+     * @return The name of the databinding
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Introspect a java class or interface to create a DataType model
+     *
+     * @param javaType The java class or interface to be introspected
+     * @return The DataType or null if the java type is not supported by this databinding
+     */
+    DataType introspect(Class<?> javaType);
+
+    /**
+     * Introspect the data to figure out the corresponding data type
+     *
+     * @param value The object to be checked
+     * @return The DataType or null if the java type is not supported by this databinding
+     */
+    DataType introspect(Object value);
+
+    /**
+     * Provide a WrapperHandler for this databinding
+     *
+     * @return A wrapper handler which can handle wrapping/wrapping for this databinding
+     */
+    WrapperHandler getWrapperHandler();
+
+    /**
+     * Make a copy of the object for "pass-by-value" semantics
+     *
+     * @param object object to copy
+     * @return copy of the object passed in as argument
+     */
+    Object copy(Object object);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the type mapper for simple types
+     *
+     * @return The databinding-specific simple type mapper
+     */
+    SimpleTypeMapper getSimpleTypeMapper();
+}