BodyAdapter

All Known Subinterfaces:

AbstractBodyAdapter.BaseDecoder, AbstractBodyAdapter.BaseEncoder, BodyAdapter.Decoder, BodyAdapter.Encoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBodyAdapter, BasicAdapter, ForwardingBodyAdapter, ForwardingDecoder, ForwardingEncoder
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public interface BodyAdapter
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An object that converts objects to or from request or response bodies respectively, using a defined format. The two specialized subtypes are BodyAdapter.Encoder and BodyAdapter.Decoder.
A BodyAdapter communicates the format it uses and the set of types it supports through isCompatibleWith(MediaType) and supportsType(TypeRef) respectively. For example, a BodyAdapter that uses JSON is compatible with any application/json media type, and supports any object type supported by the underlying serializer/deserializer.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`BodyAdapter.Decoder`	A `BodyAdapter` that decodes response bodies into objects.
`static interface`	`BodyAdapter.Encoder`	A `BodyAdapter` that encodes objects into request bodies.
`static interface`	`BodyAdapter.Hints`	A collection of hints that provide additional context to customize an adapter's encoding/decoding behavior.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isCompatibleWith(MediaType mediaType)`	Returns `true` if the format this adapter uses is `compatible` with the given media type.
`boolean`	`supportsType(TypeRef<?> typeRef)`	Returns `true` if this adapter supports the given type.

- Method Detail
  - isCompatibleWith
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boolean isCompatibleWith(MediaType mediaType)
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    Returns true if the format this adapter uses is compatible with the given media type.
  - supportsType
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boolean supportsType(TypeRef<?> typeRef)
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    Returns true if this adapter supports the given type.