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<h2 title="Class RuntimeDelegate" class="title">Class RuntimeDelegate</h2>
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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">RuntimeDelegate</span>
extends java.lang.Object</pre>
<div class="block">Implementations of JAX-RS provide a concrete subclass of RuntimeDelegate and various JAX-RS API methods defer to
methods of RuntimeDelegate for their functionality. Regular users of JAX-RS are not expected to use this class
directly and overriding an implementation of this class with a user supplied subclass may cause unexpected behavior.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static interface&nbsp;</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate</a>&lt;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate.html" title="type parameter in RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate">T</a>&gt;</span></code>
<div class="block">Defines the contract for a delegate that is responsible for converting between the String form of a HTTP header and
the corresponding JAX-RS type <code>T</code>.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#JAXRS_RUNTIME_DELEGATE_PROPERTY">JAXRS_RUNTIME_DELEGATE_PROPERTY</a></span></code>
<div class="block">Name of the property identifying the <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.ext"><code>RuntimeDelegate</code></a> implementation to be returned from
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract &lt;T&gt;&nbsp;T</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createEndpoint-jakarta.ws.rs.core.Application-java.lang.Class-">createEndpoint</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Application.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Application</a>&nbsp;application,
java.lang.Class&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;endpointType)</code>
<div class="block">Create a configured instance of the supplied endpoint type.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract &lt;T&gt;&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate</a>&lt;T&gt;</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createHeaderDelegate-java.lang.Class-">createHeaderDelegate</a></span>(java.lang.Class&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;type)</code>
<div class="block">Obtain an instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.ext"><code>RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate</code></a> for the supplied class.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createLinkBuilder--">createLinkBuilder</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Link.Builder</code></a>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Response.ResponseBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Response.ResponseBuilder</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createResponseBuilder--">createResponseBuilder</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Response.ResponseBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Response.ResponseBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">UriBuilder</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createUriBuilder--">createUriBuilder</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>UriBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Variant.VariantListBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Variant.VariantListBuilder</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#createVariantListBuilder--">createVariantListBuilder</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Variant.VariantListBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Variant.VariantListBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#getInstance--">getInstance</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Obtain a <code>RuntimeDelegate</code> instance.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#setInstance-jakarta.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate-">setInstance</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate</a>&nbsp;rd)</code>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;java.lang.String JAXRS_RUNTIME_DELEGATE_PROPERTY</pre>
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<pre>protected&nbsp;RuntimeDelegate()</pre>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate</a>&nbsp;getInstance()</pre>
<div class="block">Obtain a <code>RuntimeDelegate</code> instance. If an instance had not already been created and set via
<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#setInstance-jakarta.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate-"><code>setInstance(RuntimeDelegate)</code></a>, the first invocation will create an instance which will then be cached for
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line, if present, is used as the UTF-8 encoded name of the implementation class.</li>
<li>If the $java.home/lib/jaxrs.properties file exists and it is readable by the
<code>java.util.Properties.load(InputStream)</code> method and it contains an entry whose key is
<code>jakarta.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate</code>, then the value of that entry is used as the name of the implementation
class.</li>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;void&nbsp;setInstance(<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate</a>&nbsp;rd)</pre>
<div class="block">Set the runtime delegate that will be used by JAX-RS classes. If this method is not called prior to
<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#getInstance--"><code>getInstance()</code></a> then an implementation will be sought as described in <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.html#getInstance--"><code>getInstance()</code></a>.</div>
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<dd><code>rd</code> - the runtime delegate instance</dd>
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<dd><code>java.lang.SecurityException</code> - if there is a security manager and the permission ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">UriBuilder</a>&nbsp;createUriBuilder()</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>UriBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>new <code>UriBuilder</code> instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>UriBuilder</code></a></dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Response.ResponseBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Response.ResponseBuilder</a>&nbsp;createResponseBuilder()</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Response.ResponseBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Response.ResponseBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>new <code>ResponseBuilder</code> instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Response.ResponseBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Response.ResponseBuilder</code></a></dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Variant.VariantListBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Variant.VariantListBuilder</a>&nbsp;createVariantListBuilder()</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new instance of a <a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Variant.VariantListBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Variant.VariantListBuilder</code></a>.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>new <code>VariantListBuilder</code> instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Variant.VariantListBuilder.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core"><code>Variant.VariantListBuilder</code></a></dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;T&nbsp;createEndpoint(<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/core/Application.html" title="class in jakarta.ws.rs.core">Application</a>&nbsp;application,
java.lang.Class&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;endpointType)
throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
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<div class="block">Create a configured instance of the supplied endpoint type. How the returned endpoint instance is published is
dependent on the type of endpoint.</div>
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<dd><code>T</code> - endpoint type.</dd>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>application</code> - the application configuration.</dd>
<dd><code>endpointType</code> - the type of endpoint instance to be created.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a configured instance of the requested type.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if application is null or the requested endpoint type is not supported.</dd>
<dd><code>java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException</code> - if the implementation supports no endpoint types.</dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jakarta/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate.html" title="interface in jakarta.ws.rs.ext">RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate</a>&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;createHeaderDelegate(java.lang.Class&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;type)
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Type Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>T</code> - header type.</dd>
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<dd>an instance of <code>HeaderDelegate</code> for the supplied type.</dd>
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