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package org.springframework.web.accept;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.web.HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
/**
* A strategy for resolving the requested media types for a request.
*
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface ContentNegotiationStrategy {
/**
* Resolve the given request to a list of media types. The returned list is
* ordered by specificity first and by quality parameter second.
* @param webRequest the current request
* @return the requested media types or an empty list (never {@code null})
* @throws HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException if the requested media
* types cannot be parsed
*/
List resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest webRequest)
throws HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException;
}