org.wicketstuff.rest.contenthandling
Interface IWebSerialDeserial

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultiFormatSerialDeserial, TextualObjectSerialDeserial, TextualWebSerialDeserial

public interface IWebSerialDeserial

General interface to serialize/deserialize an object to/from request/response.

Author:

andrea del bene

objectToResponse

void objectToResponse(Object targetObject,
                      WebResponse response,
                      String mimeType)
                      throws WicketRuntimeException

Write the object in input to the response converting it to a given MIME type.

Parameters:

targetObject - the object instance to serialize to string.

response - the response object.

mimeType - the MIME type of the response.

Throws:

Exception

WicketRuntimeException

requestToObject

<T> T requestToObject(WebRequest request,
                      Class<T> argClass,
                      String mimeType)
                  throws WicketRuntimeException

Extract an instance of argClass form the request.

Parameters:

request - the request object.

argClass - the type of the object we want to extract.

mimeType - the MIME type of the request.

Returns:

the object extracted from the request.

Throws:

WicketRuntimeException

isMimeTypeSupported

boolean isMimeTypeSupported(String mimeType)

Check if a given MIME type is handled.

Parameters:

mimeType - the MIME type we want to check.

Returns:

true if the MIME type is supported, false otherwise.

getIObjectSerialDeserial

IObjectSerialDeserial<?> getIObjectSerialDeserial(String mimeType)

Returns the IObjectSerialDeserial for the specific MIME type

Parameters:

mimeType -

Returns:

the appropriate IObjectSerialDeserial.