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package org.springframework.http.converter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
/**
* A specialization of {@link HttpMessageConverter} that can convert an HTTP request
* into a target object of a specified generic type and a source object of a specified
* generic type into an HTTP response.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @author Sebastien Deleuze
* @since 3.2
* @see org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference
*/
public interface GenericHttpMessageConverter extends HttpMessageConverter {
/**
* Indicates whether the given type can be read by this converter.
* This method should perform the same checks than
* {@link HttpMessageConverter#canRead(Class, MediaType)} with additional ones
* related to the generic type.
* @param type the (potentially generic) type to test for readability
* @param contextClass a context class for the target type, for example a class
* in which the target type appears in a method signature (can be {@code null})
* @param mediaType the media type to read, can be {@code null} if not specified.
* Typically the value of a {@code Content-Type} header.
* @return {@code true} if readable; {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean canRead(Type type, @Nullable Class contextClass, @Nullable MediaType mediaType);
/**
* Read an object of the given type form the given input message, and returns it.
* @param type the (potentially generic) type of object to return. This type must have
* previously been passed to the {@link #canRead canRead} method of this interface,
* which must have returned {@code true}.
* @param contextClass a context class for the target type, for example a class
* in which the target type appears in a method signature (can be {@code null})
* @param inputMessage the HTTP input message to read from
* @return the converted object
* @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
* @throws HttpMessageNotReadableException in case of conversion errors
*/
T read(Type type, @Nullable Class contextClass, HttpInputMessage inputMessage)
throws IOException, HttpMessageNotReadableException;
/**
* Indicates whether the given class can be written by this converter.
* This method should perform the same checks than
* {@link HttpMessageConverter#canWrite(Class, MediaType)} with additional ones
* related to the generic type.
* @param type the (potentially generic) type to test for writability
* (can be {@code null} if not specified)
* @param clazz the source object class to test for writability
* @param mediaType the media type to write (can be {@code null} if not specified);
* typically the value of an {@code Accept} header.
* @return {@code true} if writable; {@code false} otherwise
* @since 4.2
*/
boolean canWrite(@Nullable Type type, Class clazz, @Nullable MediaType mediaType);
/**
* Write an given object to the given output message.
* @param t the object to write to the output message. The type of this object must
* have previously been passed to the {@link #canWrite canWrite} method of this
* interface, which must have returned {@code true}.
* @param type the (potentially generic) type of object to write. This type must have
* previously been passed to the {@link #canWrite canWrite} method of this interface,
* which must have returned {@code true}. Can be {@code null} if not specified.
* @param contentType the content type to use when writing. May be {@code null} to
* indicate that the default content type of the converter must be used. If not
* {@code null}, this media type must have previously been passed to the
* {@link #canWrite canWrite} method of this interface, which must have returned
* {@code true}.
* @param outputMessage the message to write to
* @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
* @throws HttpMessageNotWritableException in case of conversion errors
* @since 4.2
*/
void write(T t, @Nullable Type type, @Nullable MediaType contentType, HttpOutputMessage outputMessage)
throws IOException, HttpMessageNotWritableException;
}