public interface ParamConverterProvider
ParamConverter
instances.
Providers implementing ParamConverterProvider
contract must be either programmatically registered in a JAX-RS
runtime or must be annotated with @Provider
annotation to be automatically
discovered by the JAX-RS runtime during a provider scanning phase.
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
---|---|
<T> ParamConverter<T> |
getConverter(java.lang.Class<T> rawType,
java.lang.reflect.Type genericType,
java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations)
Obtain a
ParamConverter that can provide from/to string conversion for an instance of a particular Java type. |
<T> ParamConverter<T> getConverter(java.lang.Class<T> rawType, java.lang.reflect.Type genericType, java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations)
ParamConverter
that can provide from/to string conversion for an instance of a particular Java type.T
- the supported Java type convertible to/from a String
format.rawType
- the raw type of the object to be converted.genericType
- the type of object to be converted. E.g. if an String value representing the injected request
parameter is to be converted into a method parameter, this will be the formal type of the method parameter as
returned by Class.getGenericParameterTypes
.annotations
- an array of the annotations associated with the convertible parameter instance. E.g. if a string
value is to be converted into a method parameter, this would be the annotations on that parameter as returned by
Method.getParameterAnnotations()
.null
.