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 * Copyright 2013 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.
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package com.jayway.restassured.mapper;

/**
 * Class containing details needed for serializing a response to a Java class.
 */
public interface ObjectMapperSerializationContext {

    /**
     * @return The object that should be serialized.
     */
    Object getObjectToSerialize();

    /**
     * @return The object that should be serialized as a specific type. If the object is not of the expected type then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
     */
     T getObjectToSerializeAs(Class expectedType);

    /**
     * @return The content-type of the request or null if not defined.
     */
    String getContentType();

    /**
     * If a charset is specified in the content-type then this method will return that charset otherwise
     * it'll return the default content charset specified in the REST Assured configuration.
     *
     * @return The charset or null if not defined.
     */
    String getCharset();
}