org.glassfish.jersey.spi
Interface HeaderDelegateProvider<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the header.

All Superinterfaces:

RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CacheControlProvider, CookieProvider, DateProvider, EntityTagProvider, LinkProvider, LocaleProvider, MediaTypeProvider, NewCookieProvider, StringHeaderProvider, UriProvider

@Contract
public interface HeaderDelegateProvider<T>
extends RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate<T>

A provider that supports the conversion of an HTTP header, of type T, to and from a String.

An implementation (a service-provider) identifies itself by placing a provider-configuration file (if not already present), "org.glassfish.jersey.header.spi.HeaderDelegateProvider" in the resource directory META-INF/services, and including the fully qualified service-provider-class of the implementation in the file.

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)

Method Summary

boolean

supports(Class<?> type) Ascertain if the Provider supports a particular type.

Methods inherited from interface javax.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate

fromString, toString

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(Class<?> type)

Ascertain if the Provider supports a particular type.

Parameters:

type - the type that is to be supported.

Returns:

true if the type is supported, otherwise false.