JacksonMapperProvider.java

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package com.gwtplatform.dispatch.rest.client.serialization;

import com.github.nmorel.gwtjackson.client.ObjectMapper;

/**
 * Provides access to the gwt-jackson object mappers generated at the compilation.
 */
public interface JacksonMapperProvider {
    /**
     * @return {@code true} if there is a mapper for {@code type}.
     */
    boolean hasMapper(String type);

    /**
     * @return the mapper for {@code type} or {@code null} if there is no mapper registered.
     */
    <T> ObjectMapper<T> getMapper(String type);
}