/*
* 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
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*/
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));
* }
* }
*
*
*
* @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