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 * Copyright 2007-2008, Josh Devins.
 *
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package org.mattressframework.api;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.mattressframework.api.annotations.SupportsMediaTypes;
import org.mattressframework.api.http.Header;
import org.mattressframework.api.http.MediaType;

/**
 * Contract for a provider that supports the conversion of a Java type to a
 * stream.
 * 
 * 
 * Implementing classes should be annotated with {@link SupportsMediaTypes} to
 * show what type of media they support. Once a bean of this type has been added
 * to the Spring context, the framework will pick it up automatically, no extra
 * annotations are needed.
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * This differs from the JSR 311 MessageBodyWriter in that it
 * uses the framework's {@link MediaType}.
 * 
 */
public interface HttpEntityWriter extends Provider {

    /**
     * Called before {@link #writeTo(Object, MediaType, Map, OutputStream)} to
     * ascertain the length in bytes of the serialized form of
     * entity. A non-negative return value is used in a HTTP
     * Content-Length header.
     * 
     * @param entity
     *            The entity instance that is to be written to the entity
     *            stream.
     * 
     * @return Length in bytes or -1 if the length cannot be determined in
     *         advance.
     */
    int getSize(Object entity);

    /**
     * Write a type to an HTTP response. Implementations should NOT
     * call {@link OutputStream#flush()} after writing to the
     * {@link OutputStream}. The framework will be responsible for doing this.
     * 
     * @param entity
     *            The entity instance that is to be written to the entity
     *            stream.
     * @param mediaType
     *            The media type of the HTTP entity.
     * @param httpHeaders
     *            The HTTP headers associated with HTTP entity.
     * @param entityStream
     *            The {@link OutputStream} of the HTTP entity.
     * 
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             If an IO error arises.
     */
    void writeTo(Object entity, MediaType mediaType,
            Map httpHeaders, OutputStream entityStream)
            throws IOException;
}