1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.beans; 18 19 /** 20 * Interface that encapsulates configuration methods for a PropertyAccessor. 21 * Also extends the PropertyEditorRegistry interface, which defines methods 22 * for PropertyEditor management. 23 * 24 * <p>Serves as base interface for BeanWrapper. 25 * 26 * @author Juergen Hoeller 27 * @since 2.0 28 * @see BeanWrapper 29 */ 30 public interface ConfigurablePropertyAccessor extends PropertyAccessor, PropertyEditorRegistry { 31 32 /** 33 * Set whether to extract the old property value when applying a 34 * property editor to a new value for a property. 35 */ 36 void setExtractOldValueForEditor(boolean extractOldValueForEditor); 37 38 /** 39 * Return whether to extract the old property value when applying a 40 * property editor to a new value for a property. 41 */ 42 boolean isExtractOldValueForEditor(); 43 44 } 45