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package jakarta.ws.rs.client;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Map;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Configurable;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
/**
* A resource target identified by the resource URI.
*
* @author Marek Potociar
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface WebTarget extends Configurable {
/**
* Get the URI identifying the resource.
*
* @return the resource URI.
*/
public URI getUri();
/**
* Get the URI builder initialized with the {@link URI} of the current resource target. The returned URI builder is
* detached from the target, i.e. any updates in the URI builder MUST NOT have any effects on the URI of the originating
* target.
*
* @return the initialized URI builder.
*/
public UriBuilder getUriBuilder();
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by appending path to the URI of the current target instance.
*
* When constructing the final path, a '/' separator will be inserted between the existing path and the supplied path if
* necessary. Existing '/' characters are preserved thus a single value can represent multiple URI path segments.
*
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param path the path, may contain URI template parameters.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if path is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget path(String path);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving a URI template with a given {@code name} in the URI of the
* current target instance using a supplied value.
*
* In case a {@code null} template name or value is entered a {@link NullPointerException} is thrown.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param name name of the URI template.
* @param value value to be used to resolve the template.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if the resolved template name or value is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplate(String name, Object value);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving a URI template with a given {@code name} in the URI of the
* current target instance using a supplied value.
*
* In case a {@code null} template name or value is entered a {@link NullPointerException} is thrown.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param name name of the URI template.
* @param value value to be used to resolve the template.
* @param encodeSlashInPath if {@code true}, the slash ({@code '/'}) characters in template values will be encoded if
* the template is placed in the URI path component, otherwise the slash characters will not be encoded in path
* templates.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if the resolved template name or value is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplate(String name, Object value, boolean encodeSlashInPath);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving a URI template with a given {@code name} in the URI of the
* current target instance using a supplied encoded value.
*
* A template with a matching name will be replaced by the supplied value. Value is converted to {@code String} using
* its {@code toString()} method and is then encoded to match the rules of the URI component to which they pertain. All
* % characters in the stringified values that are not followed by two hexadecimal numbers will be encoded.
*
* In case a {@code null} template name or value is entered a {@link NullPointerException} is thrown.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param name name of the URI template.
* @param value encoded value to be used to resolve the template.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if the resolved template name or value is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplateFromEncoded(String name, Object value);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving one or more URI templates in the URI of the current target
* instance using supplied name-value pairs.
*
* A call to the method with an empty parameter map is ignored, i.e. same {@code WebTarget} instance is returned.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param templateValues a map of URI template names and their values.
* @return a new target instance or the same target instance in case the input name-value map is empty.
* @throws NullPointerException if the name-value map or any of the names or values in the map is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplates(Map templateValues);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving one or more URI templates in the URI of the current target
* instance using supplied name-value pairs.
*
* A call to the method with an empty parameter map is ignored, i.e. same {@code WebTarget} instance is returned.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
*
* @param templateValues a map of URI template names and their values.
* @param encodeSlashInPath if {@code true}, the slash ({@code '/'}) characters in template values will be encoded if
* the template is placed in the URI path component, otherwise the slash characters will not be encoded in path
* templates.
* @return a new target instance or the same target instance in case the input name-value map is empty.
* @throws NullPointerException if the name-value map or any of the names or values in the map is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplates(Map templateValues, boolean encodeSlashInPath);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by resolving one or more URI templates in the URI of the current target
* instance using supplied name-encoded value pairs.
*
* All templates with their name matching one of the keys in the supplied map will be replaced by the value in the
* supplied map. Values are converted to {@code String} using their {@code toString()} method and are then encoded to
* match the rules of the URI component to which they pertain. All % characters in the stringified values that are not
* followed by two hexadecimal numbers will be encoded.
*
* A call to the method with an empty parameter map is ignored, i.e. same {@code WebTarget} instance is returned.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param templateValues a map of URI template names and their encoded values.
* @return a new target instance or the same target instance in case the input name-value map is empty.
* @throws NullPointerException if the name-value map or any of the names or encoded values in the map is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget resolveTemplatesFromEncoded(Map templateValues);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by appending a matrix parameter to the existing set of matrix parameters of
* the current final segment of the URI of the current target instance.
*
* If multiple values are supplied the parameter will be added once per value. In case a single {@code null} value is
* entered, all parameters with that name in the current final path segment are removed (if present) from the collection
* of last segment matrix parameters inherited from the current target.
*
* Note that the matrix parameters are tied to a particular path segment; appending a value to an existing matrix
* parameter name will not affect the position of the matrix parameter in the URI path.
*
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param name the matrix parameter name, may contain URI template parameters.
* @param values the matrix parameter value(s), each object will be converted to a {@code String} using its
* {@code toString()} method. Stringified values may contain URI template parameters.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if the parameter name is {@code null} or if there are multiple values present and any of
* those values is {@code null}.
* @see Matrix URIs
*/
public WebTarget matrixParam(String name, Object... values);
/**
* Create a new {@code WebTarget} instance by configuring a query parameter on the URI of the current target instance.
*
* If multiple values are supplied the parameter will be added once per value. In case a single {@code null} value is
* entered, all parameters with that name are removed (if present) from the collection of query parameters inherited
* from the current target.
*
* A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
* newly constructed (child) target instance.
*
*
* @param name the query parameter name, may contain URI template parameters
* @param values the query parameter value(s), each object will be converted to a {@code String} using its
* {@code toString()} method. Stringified values may contain URI template parameters.
* @return a new target instance.
* @throws NullPointerException if the parameter name is {@code null} or if there are multiple values present and any of
* those values is {@code null}.
*/
public WebTarget queryParam(String name, Object... values);
/**
* Start building a request to the targeted web resource.
*
* @return builder for a request targeted at the URI referenced by this target instance.
*/
public Invocation.Builder request();
/**
* Start building a request to the targeted web resource and define the accepted response media types.
*
* Invoking this method is identical to:
*
*
*
* webTarget.request().accept(types);
*
*
* @param acceptedResponseTypes accepted response media types.
* @return builder for a request targeted at the URI referenced by this target instance.
*/
public Invocation.Builder request(String... acceptedResponseTypes);
/**
* Start building a request to the targeted web resource and define the accepted response media types.
*
* Invoking this method is identical to:
*
*
*
* webTarget.request().accept(types);
*
*
* @param acceptedResponseTypes accepted response media types.
* @return builder for a request targeted at the URI referenced by this target instance.
*/
public Invocation.Builder request(MediaType... acceptedResponseTypes);
}