ModelConverter.java

package io.swagger.converter;

import io.swagger.models.Model;
import io.swagger.models.properties.Property;

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

public interface ModelConverter {

    /**
     * @param type
     * @param context
     * @param annotations to consider when resolving the property
     * @param chain       the chain of model converters to try if this implementation cannot process
     * @return null if this ModelConverter cannot convert the given Type
     */
    public Property resolveProperty(Type type,
                                    ModelConverterContext context,
                                    Annotation[] annotations,
                                    Iterator<ModelConverter> chain);

    /**
     * @param type
     * @param context
     * @param chain   the chain of model converters to try if this implementation cannot process
     * @return null if this ModelConverter cannot convert the given Type
     */
    public Model resolve(Type type, ModelConverterContext context, Iterator<ModelConverter> chain);
}