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GenericHttpMessageConverter.java
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GenericHttpMessageConverter.java
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/*
* Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed 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.springframework.http.converter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
/**
* A specialization of {@link HttpMessageConverter} that can convert an HTTP
* request into a target object of a specified generic type.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 3.2
*
* @see ParameterizedTypeReference
*/
public interface GenericHttpMessageConverter<T> extends HttpMessageConverter<T> {
/**
* Indicates whether the given type can be read by this converter.
* @param type the type to test for readability
* @param mediaType the media type to read, can be {@code null} if not specified.
* Typically the value of a {@code Content-Type} header.
* @return {@code true} if readable; {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean canRead(Type type, MediaType mediaType);
/**
* Read an object of the given type form the given input message, and returns it.
* @param clazz the type of object to return. This type must have previously
* been passed to the {@link #canRead canRead} method of this interface,
* which must have returned {@code true}.
* @param type the type of the target object
* @param inputMessage the HTTP input message to read from
* @return the converted object
* @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
* @throws HttpMessageNotReadableException in case of conversion errors
*/
T read(Type type, HttpInputMessage inputMessage)
throws IOException, HttpMessageNotReadableException;
}