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package org.springframework.messaging.converter;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
/**
* An extended {@link MessageConverter} SPI with conversion hint support.
*
* In case of a conversion hint being provided, the framework will call
* these extended methods if a converter implements this interface, instead
* of calling the regular {@code fromMessage} / {@code toMessage} variants.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 4.2.1
*/
public interface SmartMessageConverter extends MessageConverter {
/**
* A variant of {@link #fromMessage(Message, Class)} which takes an extra
* conversion context as an argument, allowing to take, for example, annotations
* on a payload parameter into account.
* @param message the input message
* @param targetClass the target class for the conversion
* @param conversionHint an extra object passed to the {@link MessageConverter},
* for example, the associated {@code MethodParameter} (may be {@code null}}
* @return the result of the conversion, or {@code null} if the converter cannot
* perform the conversion
* @see #fromMessage(Message, Class)
*/
@Nullable
Object fromMessage(Message message, Class targetClass, @Nullable Object conversionHint);
/**
* A variant of {@link #toMessage(Object, MessageHeaders)} which takes an extra
* conversion context as an argument, allowing to take, for example, annotations
* on a return type into account.
* @param payload the Object to convert
* @param headers optional headers for the message (may be {@code null})
* @param conversionHint an extra object passed to the {@link MessageConverter},
* for example, the associated {@code MethodParameter} (may be {@code null}}
* @return the new message, or {@code null} if the converter does not support the
* Object type or the target media type
* @see #toMessage(Object, MessageHeaders)
*/
@Nullable
Message toMessage(Object payload, @Nullable MessageHeaders headers, @Nullable Object conversionHint);
}