geronimo-jaxrs_2.1_spec/src/main/java/javax/ws/rs/ext/MessageBodyReader.java

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package javax.ws.rs.ext;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;

public interface MessageBodyReader<T> {

    public boolean isReadable(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType);

    public T readFrom(Class<T> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
            MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream)
            throws java.io.IOException, javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
}