com.sun.jersey.spi

Interface StringReaderWorkers

public interface StringReaderWorkers

An injectable interface providing lookup of StringReader instances.

Author:

Paul.Sandoz@Sun.Com

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> StringReader<T>	getStringReader(java.lang.Class<T> type, java.lang.reflect.Type genericType, java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations) Get a string reader that matches a set of criteria.

Method Detail

getStringReader

<T> StringReader<T> getStringReader(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                                  java.lang.reflect.Type genericType,
                                  java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations)

Get a string reader that matches a set of criteria.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of object to be read from a string.

Parameters:

type - the class of object to be read.

genericType - the type of object to be produced. E.g. if the message body is to be converted into a method parameter, this will be the formal type of the method parameter as returned by Class.getGenericParameterTypes.

annotations - an array of the annotations on the declaration of the artifact that will be initialized with the produced instance. E.g. if the string is to be converted into a method parameter, this will be the annotations on that parameter returned by Class.getParameterAnnotations.

Returns:

a StringReader that matches the supplied criteria or null if none is found.