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Interface HttpMediaTypeAccessor.HttpMediaTypeProvider<EXC extends Exception>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContentType, HttpMediaType

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContentTypeImpl, MediaType

Enclosing interface:

HttpMediaTypeAccessor

public static interface HttpMediaTypeAccessor.HttpMediaTypeProvider<EXC extends Exception>

A provider interface provides a "toSomething(?)" method which converts a given instance into something else. The MediaTypeProvider converts an implementing instance's state into a MediaType instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	toHttpMediaType() A provider interface provides a "toSomething(?)"

Method Detail

toHttpMediaType

String toHttpMediaType()
                throws EXC extends Exception

A provider interface provides a "toSomething(?)" method which converts a given instance into something else. Returns the HTTP media type: It consists of the Media-Top-Level-Type and the Media-Subtype as well as some (optional) suffixed parameters all being concatenated in an HTTP valid manner, such as: "application/json;charset=UTF-8".

Returns:

The HTTP header Media-Type as of the IANA specification.

Throws:

EXC - Thrown in case providing the type as String failed.

EXC extends Exception