com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.expand.resolver

Interface EntityExpanderResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationEntityExpanderResolver, ChainingEntityExpanderResolver, CollectionEntityExpanderResolver, ExpandConstraintEntityExpanderResolver, IdentityEntityExpanderResolver, ListWrapperEntityExpanderResolver, SelfExpandingExpander.Resolver

public interface EntityExpanderResolver

A resolver to find the expander for object or types.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> EntityExpander<T>	getExpander(Class<? extends T> type) Gets an EntityExpander for the given type.
boolean	hasExpander(Class<?> type) Tells whether this resolver can get an expander for the given instance.

Method Detail

hasExpander

boolean hasExpander(Class<?> type)

Tells whether this resolver can get an expander for the given instance.

Parameters:

type - the type to resolve the expander for.

Returns:

true if an expander can be found for this object instance, false otherwise.

getExpander

<T> EntityExpander<T> getExpander(Class<? extends T> type)

Gets an EntityExpander for the given type.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of object to retrieve the expander for.

Parameters:

type - the type of object to look up the expander for.

Returns:

the EntityExpander, null if none could be found. This method will never return null if hasExpander(Class) returns true for the same instance.