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package com.jgoodies.binding.binder;



/**
 * Describes a binder that adds bindings for bound bean properties
 * to the general object bindings.<p>
 *
 * <strong>Examples:</strong>
 * <pre>
 * BeanBinder binder = BasicBinders.binderFor(aBean);
 * binder.bindProperty("artist")   .to(artistField);
 * binder.bindProperty("title")    .to(titleField);
 * binder.bindProperty("classical").to(classicalBox);
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author  Karsten Lentzsch
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 *
 * @since 2.3
 */
public interface BeanBinder extends ObjectBinder {


    /**
     * Looks up a ValueModel for the given (bean) property name.
     * Then creates and returns a binding builder that manages a ValueModel
     * that can be operated on and that can be bound to a component.<p>
     *
     * <strong>Examples:</strong><br>
     * <tt>binder.<b>bindProperty</b>("artist")&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.to(artistField);</tt><br>
     * <tt>binder.<b>bindProperty</b>(PROPERTY_ARTIST).to(artistField);</tt>
     *
     * @param propertyName     the name of the bean property to be converted
     *     to a ValueModel
     *
     * @return the binding builder that holds the converted bean property
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code propertyName} is {@code null}
     */
    ValueModelBindingBuilder bindProperty(String propertyName);


}

