All Known Subinterfaces:

AccessFormats, Inputable, InputTranslatable, Outputable, OutputFormattable, OutputSerializable, RESTful
```
public interface Formats
```
Defines a list of possible format types (extensions) which can be handled and indicates which are handled internally

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (aaron@caret.cam.ac.uk)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String[]`	`ALL_KNOWN_FORMATS`	the array of all the known formats in this file
`static String`	`ATOM`	ATOM XML feed (application/atom+xml) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOM INPUT: -not supported- OUTPUT: -not supported-
`static String[]`	`ATOM_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`ATOM_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`FORM`	Special output format which indicates this entity will use internally generated forms for input data, the output simply produces very simple html forms, this is handled internally INPUT: none OUTPUT: XHTML text (forms for submitting data)
`static String[]`	`FORM_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`FORM_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`HTML`	HTML formatted text (text/html or application/xhtml+xml) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML INPUT: POST or GET form data OUTPUT: (X)HTML text
`static String[]`	`HTML_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`HTML_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`JSON`	JSON formatted text (application/json or text/javascript) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON INPUT: JSON text OUTPUT: JSON text
`static String[]`	`JSON_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`JSON_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`JSONP`	JSON formatted text with JSONP callback (application/javascript) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON INPUT: -not supported, see JSON- OUTPUT: JSON text with callback (jsonEntityFeed({...}) by default)
`static String[]`	`JSONP_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`JSONP_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`RSS`	RSS 2 XML feed (application/rss+xml) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS INPUT: -not supported- OUTPUT: -not supported-
`static String[]`	`RSS_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`RSS_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`TXT`	Plain text (text/plain) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text INPUT: -not supported- OUTPUT: text
`static String[]`	`TXT_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`TXT_MIME_TYPE`
`static String`	`UTF_8`	All character data should be encoded and decoded as UTF-8, this constant is the proper encoding string to use
`static String`	`XML`	XML formatted text (application/xml or text/xml) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML INPUT: XML text OUTPUT: XML text
`static String[]`	`XML_EXTENSIONS`
`static String`	`XML_MIME_TYPE`

- Field Detail
  - HTML
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static final String HTML
```
    HTML formatted text (text/html or application/xhtml+xml)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
    INPUT: POST or GET form data
    OUTPUT: (X)HTML text
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - HTML_MIME_TYPE
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static final String HTML_MIME_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - HTML_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] HTML_EXTENSIONS
```
  - FORM
```
static final String FORM
```
    Special output format which indicates this entity will use internally generated forms for input data, the output simply produces very simple html forms, this is handled internally
    INPUT: none
    OUTPUT: XHTML text (forms for submitting data)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FORM_MIME_TYPE
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static final String FORM_MIME_TYPE
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - FORM_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] FORM_EXTENSIONS
```
  - XML
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static final String XML
```
    XML formatted text (application/xml or text/xml)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML
    INPUT: XML text
    OUTPUT: XML text
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - XML_MIME_TYPE
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static final String XML_MIME_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - XML_EXTENSIONS
```
static final String[] XML_EXTENSIONS
```
  - JSON
```
static final String JSON
```
    JSON formatted text (application/json or text/javascript)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
    INPUT: JSON text
    OUTPUT: JSON text
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - JSON_MIME_TYPE
```
static final String JSON_MIME_TYPE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - JSON_EXTENSIONS
```
static final String[] JSON_EXTENSIONS
```
  - JSONP
```
static final String JSONP
```
    JSON formatted text with JSONP callback (application/javascript)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
    INPUT: -not supported, see JSON- OUTPUT: JSON text with callback (jsonEntityFeed({...}) by default)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - JSONP_MIME_TYPE
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static final String JSONP_MIME_TYPE
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - JSONP_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] JSONP_EXTENSIONS
```
  - TXT
```
static final String TXT
```
    Plain text (text/plain)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text
    INPUT: -not supported-
    OUTPUT: text
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TXT_MIME_TYPE
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static final String TXT_MIME_TYPE
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TXT_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] TXT_EXTENSIONS
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  - RSS
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static final String RSS
```
    RSS 2 XML feed (application/rss+xml)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
    INPUT: -not supported-
    OUTPUT: -not supported-
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - RSS_MIME_TYPE
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static final String RSS_MIME_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - RSS_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] RSS_EXTENSIONS
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  - ATOM
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static final String ATOM
```
    ATOM XML feed (application/atom+xml)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOM
    INPUT: -not supported-
    OUTPUT: -not supported-
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ATOM_MIME_TYPE
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static final String ATOM_MIME_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - ATOM_EXTENSIONS
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static final String[] ATOM_EXTENSIONS
```
  - UTF_8
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static final String UTF_8
```
    All character data should be encoded and decoded as UTF-8, this constant is the proper encoding string to use
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ALL_KNOWN_FORMATS
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static final String[] ALL_KNOWN_FORMATS
```
    the array of all the known formats in this file

Interface Formats

Field Summary

Field Detail

HTML

HTML_MIME_TYPE

HTML_EXTENSIONS

FORM

FORM_MIME_TYPE

FORM_EXTENSIONS

XML

XML_MIME_TYPE

XML_EXTENSIONS

JSON

JSON_MIME_TYPE

JSON_EXTENSIONS

JSONP

JSONP_MIME_TYPE

JSONP_EXTENSIONS

TXT

TXT_MIME_TYPE

TXT_EXTENSIONS

RSS

RSS_MIME_TYPE

RSS_EXTENSIONS

ATOM

ATOM_MIME_TYPE

ATOM_EXTENSIONS

UTF_8

ALL_KNOWN_FORMATS