HeaderDelegateProvider (Jersey 3.1.0-M2 API)

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

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean supports(Class<?> type)
  Ascertain if the Provider supports a particular type.
  - Methods inherited from interface jakarta.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.