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package com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch;
import com.sun.jersey.api.model.AbstractResourceMethod;
import com.sun.jersey.spi.dispatch.RequestDispatcher;
/**
* Service-provider interface for creating {@link RequestDispatcher} instances.
*
* An implementation (a service-provider) identifies itself by placing a
* provider-configuration file (if not already present),
* "com.sun.research.ws.rest.spi.invoker.ResourceMethodDispatchProvider" in the
* resource directory META-INF/services, and including the fully qualified
* service-provider-class of the implementation in the file.
*
* A provider will examine the model of the Web resource method and
* determine if an invoker can be created for that Web resource method.
*
* Multiple providers can specify the support for different Web resource method
* patterns, ranging from simple patterns (such as void return and intput
* parameters) to complex patterns that take type URI and query arguments
* and HTTP reuqest headers as typed parameters.
*
*
* @author [email protected]
*/
public interface ResourceMethodDispatchProvider {
/**
* Create a {@link RequestDispatcher} for a resource method of
* a resource.
*
* @param abstractResourceMethod the abstract resource method.
* @return the request dispatcher, otherwise null if it could not be created
* for the abstract resource method.
*/
RequestDispatcher create(AbstractResourceMethod abstractResourceMethod);
}