io.devcon5.commons.rest

Interface EntityReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAXBEntityReader

public interface EntityReader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default <T> T	read(Class<T> targetType, String contentType, byte[] data)
<T> T	read(Class<T> targetType, String contentType, InputStream data) Reads the input stream which is of the specified content type and produces an instance of the target type
boolean	supports(Class<?> targetType, String contentType) Checks if the implementor is capable of producing instances of the target type using data of the specified contentType.

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(Class<?> targetType,
                 String contentType)

Checks if the implementor is capable of producing instances of the target type using data of the specified contentType.

Parameters:

targetType - the requested target type

contentType - the content type as media-type string (i.e. application/json)

Returns:

true if the reader can produce entities of the target type with data of the content type

read

<T> T read(Class<T> targetType,
           String contentType,
           InputStream data)

Reads the input stream which is of the specified content type and produces an instance of the target type

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

targetType - the type to produce

contentType - the content type / mimetype of the data input stream

data - the data to read

Returns:

an instance of the target type. The implementor must not return null. If the content can not be parsed, an Exception has to be thrown.

read

default <T> T read(Class<T> targetType,
                   String contentType,
                   byte[] data)