org.springframework.web.accept

Interface ContentNegotiationStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMappingContentNegotiationStrategy, ContentNegotiationManager, FixedContentNegotiationStrategy, HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy, ParameterContentNegotiationStrategy, PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy, ServletPathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy

public interface ContentNegotiationStrategy

A strategy for resolving the requested media types for a request.

Since:

3.2

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<MediaType>	resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest webRequest) Resolve the given request to a list of media types.

Method Detail

resolveMediaTypes

List<MediaType> resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest webRequest)
                           throws HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException

Resolve the given request to a list of media types. The returned list is ordered by specificity first and by quality parameter second.

Parameters:

webRequest - the current request

Returns:

the requested media types or an empty list (never null)

Throws:

HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException - if the requested media types cannot be parsed