MessageBodyReaderSet.java

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package org.restlet.ext.jaxrs.internal.wrappers.provider;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import org.restlet.data.MediaType;

/**
 * Contains a List of wrapped {@link javax.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyReader}s.
 * 
 * @author Stephan Koops
 */
public interface MessageBodyReaderSet {

    /**
     * Returns the best {@link MessageBodyReader} in this Set.
     * 
     * @param paramType
     * @param genericType
     * @param annotations
     * @param mediaType
     *            The {@link MediaType}, that should be supported.
     * 
     * @return the {@link MessageBodyReader}, that best matches the given
     *         criteria, or null if no matching MessageBodyReader could be
     *         found.
     */
    MessageBodyReader getBestReader(Class<?> paramType, Type genericType,
            Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType);
}