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package retrofit2;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Adapts a {@link Call} with response type {@code R} into the type of {@code T}. Instances are
 * created by {@linkplain Factory a factory} which is
 * {@linkplain Retrofit.Builder#addCallAdapterFactory(Factory) installed} into the {@link Retrofit}
 * instance.
 */
public interface CallAdapter {
  /**
   * Returns the value type that this adapter uses when converting the HTTP response body to a Java
   * object. For example, the response type for {@code Call} is {@code Repo}. This type
   * is used to prepare the {@code call} passed to {@code #adapt}.
   * 
   * Note: This is typically not the same type as the {@code returnType} provided to this call
   * adapter's factory.
   */
  Type responseType();

  /**
   * Returns an instance of {@code T} which delegates to {@code call}.
   * 

   * For example, given an instance for a hypothetical utility, {@code Async}, this instance would
   * return a new {@code Async} which invoked {@code call} when run.
   * 

   * @Override
   * public <R> Async<R> adapt(final Call<R> call) {
   *   return Async.create(new Callable<Response<R>>() {
   *     @Override
   *     public Response<R> call() throws Exception {
   *       return call.execute();
   *     }
   *   });
   * }
   * 
   */
  T adapt(Call call);

  /**
   * Creates {@link CallAdapter} instances based on the return type of {@linkplain
   * Retrofit#create(Class) the service interface} methods.
   */
  abstract class Factory {
    /**
     * Returns a call adapter for interface methods that return {@code returnType}, or null if it
     * cannot be handled by this factory.
     */
    public abstract @Nullable CallAdapter get(Type returnType, Annotation[] annotations,
        Retrofit retrofit);

    /**
     * Extract the upper bound of the generic parameter at {@code index} from {@code type}. For
     * example, index 1 of {@code Map} returns {@code Runnable}.
     */
    protected static Type getParameterUpperBound(int index, ParameterizedType type) {
      return Utils.getParameterUpperBound(index, type);
    }

    /**
     * Extract the raw class type from {@code type}. For example, the type representing
     * {@code List} returns {@code List.class}.
     */
    protected static Class getRawType(Type type) {
      return Utils.getRawType(type);
    }
  }
}