/* * Copyright 2013 Netflix, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package feign.codec; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import feign.RequestTemplate; import static java.lang.String.format; /** * Encodes an object into an HTTP request body. Like {@code javax.websocket.Encoder}. {@code * Encoder} is used when a method parameter has no {@code @Param} annotation. For example:
*

*

 * @POST
 * @Path("/")
 * void create(User user);
 * 
* Example implementation:

*

 * public class GsonEncoder implements Encoder {
 *   private final Gson gson;
 *
 *   public GsonEncoder(Gson gson) {
 *     this.gson = gson;
 *   }
 *
 *   @Override
 *   public void encode(Object object, Type bodyType, RequestTemplate template) {
 *     template.body(gson.toJson(object, bodyType));
 *   }
 * }
 * 
* *

Form encoding


If any parameters are found in {@link * feign.MethodMetadata#formParams()}, they will be collected and passed to the Encoder as a {@code * Map}.
*
 * @POST
 * @Path("/")
 * Session login(@Param("username") String username, @Param("password") String
 * password);
 * 
*/ public interface Encoder { /** * Converts objects to an appropriate representation in the template. * * @param object what to encode as the request body. * @param bodyType the type the object should be encoded as. {@code Map}, if form * encoding. * @param template the request template to populate. * @throws EncodeException when encoding failed due to a checked exception. */ void encode(Object object, Type bodyType, RequestTemplate template) throws EncodeException; /** * Default implementation of {@code Encoder}. */ class Default implements Encoder { @Override public void encode(Object object, Type bodyType, RequestTemplate template) { if (bodyType == String.class) { template.body(object.toString()); } else if (bodyType == byte[].class) { template.body((byte[]) object, null); } else if (object != null) { throw new EncodeException( format("%s is not a type supported by this encoder.", object.getClass())); } } } }