com.sun.jersey.spi
Interface StringReaderProvider<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The Java type.

public interface StringReaderProvider<T>

Contract for a provider that supports the conversion of a string to a Java type. To add a StringReaderProvider implementation, annotate the implementation class with Provider.

Such providers will be used when converting a String value to a java type annotated by the *Param annotations such as QueryParam.

Author:

[email protected]

See Also:

Provider, StringReaderWorkers

getStringReader

StringReader<T> getStringReader(java.lang.Class<?> type,
                                java.lang.reflect.Type genericType,
                                java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations)

Obtain a StringReader that can produce an instance of a particular type from a string.

Parameters:

type - the class of object to be produced.

genericType - the type of object to be produced. E.g. if the string 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 on the declaration of the artifact that will be initialized with the produced instance. E.g. if the string is to be converted into a method parameter, this will be the annotations on that parameter returned by Class.getParameterAnnotations.

Returns:

the string reader, otherwise null.