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package org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.inject;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;

/**
 * Provider that converts the values of an entry of a given {@link #getName() name}
 * from the supplied {@link MultivaluedMap multivalued map} into an object of a custom
 * Java type.
 *
 * @author Paul Sandoz
 * @author Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)
 */
public interface MultivaluedParameterExtractor {

    /**
     * Name of the parameter (map key) to be extracted from the supplied
     * {@link MultivaluedMap multivalued map}.
     *
     * @return name of the extracted parameter.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Default entry value (string) that will be used in case the entry
     * is not present in the supplied {@link MultivaluedMap multivalued map}.
     *
     * @return default (back-up) map entry value.
     */
    String getDefaultValueString();

    /**
     * Extract the map entry identified by a {@link #getName() name} (and using
     * the configured {@link #getDefaultValueString() default value}) from
     * the supplied {@link MultivaluedMap multivalued map}.
     *
     * @param parameters multivalued parameter map.
     * @return custom Java type instance representing the extracted multivalued
     *         map entry.
     */
    T extract(MultivaluedMap parameters);
}