Uses of Class
org.restlet.representation.Variant

Packages that use Variant

org.restlet.data	Information exchanged by components.
org.restlet.engine.application	Supports Restlet applications.
org.restlet.engine.converter	Supports the converter service.
org.restlet.engine.io	Supports input and output work.
org.restlet.engine.local	Supports local connectors and resources.
org.restlet.engine.resource	Supports resources.
org.restlet.representation	Common representation data elements.
org.restlet.resource	Client and server resource classes.
org.restlet.service	Services used by applications and components.
org.restlet.util	Various utility classes.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.data

Methods in org.restlet.data that return Variant

Variant	ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants) Deprecated. Use ConnegService instead.
Variant	ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants, MetadataService metadataService) Deprecated. Use the ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List) method instead.

Method parameters in org.restlet.data with type arguments of type Variant

Variant	ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants) Deprecated. Use ConnegService instead.
Variant	ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants, MetadataService metadataService) Deprecated. Use the ClientInfo.getPreferredVariant(List) method instead.

Constructor parameters in org.restlet.data with type arguments of type Variant

ClientInfo(List<? extends Variant> variants)
Constructor from a list of variants.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.application

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.application

class	DecodeRepresentation Representation that decodes a wrapped representation if its encoding is supported.
class	EncodeRepresentation Content that encodes a wrapped content.
class	RangeRepresentation Representation that exposes only a range of the content of a wrapped representation.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.application that return Variant

Variant

Conneg.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants) Returns the best variant representation for a given resource according the the client preferences. A default language is provided in case the variants don't match the client preferences.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.application with parameters of type Variant

abstract float	Conneg.scoreVariant(Variant variant) Scores a variant relatively to enriched client preferences.
float	StrictConneg.scoreVariant(Variant variant) Scores a variant relatively to enriched client preferences.

Method parameters in org.restlet.engine.application with type arguments of type Variant

Variant

Conneg.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants) Returns the best variant representation for a given resource according the the client preferences. A default language is provided in case the variants don't match the client preferences.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.converter

Methods in org.restlet.engine.converter with parameters of type Variant

List<VariantInfo>	ConverterHelper.addVariants(Class<?> sourceClass, Variant targetVariant, List<VariantInfo> variants) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.
static ConverterHelper	ConverterUtils.getBestHelper(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
abstract List<Class<?>>	ConverterHelper.getObjectClasses(Variant source) Returns the list of object classes that can be converted from a given variant.
List<Class<?>>	DefaultConverter.getObjectClasses(Variant source)
List<VariantInfo>	ConverterHelper.getVariants(Class<?> sourceClass, Variant targetVariant) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class by a specific converter helper.
static List<VariantInfo>	ConverterUtils.getVariants(Class<?> sourceClass, Variant targetVariant) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.
abstract float	ConverterHelper.score(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Scores the affinity of this helper with the source class.
float	DefaultConverter.score(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource)
abstract Representation	ConverterHelper.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	DefaultConverter.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource)

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.io

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.io

class

BufferingRepresentation Representation capable of buffering the wrapped representation.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.local

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.local

class

ZipEntryRepresentation An entry in a Zip/JAR file.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.local that return Variant

Variant

Entity.getVariant() Returns a variant corresponding to the extensions of this entity.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.local that return types with arguments of type Variant

List<Variant>	DirectoryServerResource.getVariants()
protected List<Variant>	DirectoryServerResource.getVariants(Method method) Returns the list of variants for the given method.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.local with parameters of type Variant

static Collection<String>	Entity.getExtensions(Variant variant, MetadataService metadataService) Returns the list of known extensions taken from a given variant.
static void	Entity.updateMetadata(String entryName, Variant variant, boolean applyDefault, MetadataService metadataService) Updates some variant metadata based on a given entry name with extensions.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.resource

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.engine.resource

class

VariantInfo Variant that is declared by an annotated Java method.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.resource that return types with arguments of type Variant

List<Variant>	AnnotationInfo.getRequestVariants(MetadataService metadataService, ConverterService converterService) Returns a list of request variants based on the annotation value.
List<Variant>	AnnotationInfo.getResponseVariants(MetadataService metadataService, ConverterService converterService) Returns a list of response variants based on the annotation value.

Constructors in org.restlet.engine.resource with parameters of type Variant

VariantInfo(Variant variant, AnnotationInfo annotationInfo)
Constructor.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.representation

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.representation

class	AppendableRepresentation Represents an appendable sequence of characters.
class	ByteArrayRepresentation Representation wrapping a byte array.
class	ChannelRepresentation Representation based on a NIO byte channel.
class	CharacterRepresentation Representation based on a BIO character stream.
class	DigesterRepresentation Representation capable of computing a digest.
class	EmptyRepresentation Empty representation with no content.
class	FileRepresentation Representation based on a static file.
class	InputRepresentation Transient representation based on a BIO input stream.
class	ObjectRepresentation<T extends Serializable> Representation based on a serializable Java object. It supports binary representations of JavaBeans using the ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream classes.
class	OutputRepresentation Representation based on a BIO output stream.
class	ReadableRepresentation Transient representation based on a readable NIO byte channel.
class	ReaderRepresentation Transient representation based on a BIO characters reader.
class	Representation Current or intended state of a resource.
class	RepresentationInfo Information about a representation.
class	StreamRepresentation Representation based on a BIO stream.
class	StringRepresentation Represents an Unicode string that can be converted to any character set supported by Java.
class	WritableRepresentation Representation based on a writable NIO byte channel.
class	WriterRepresentation Representation based on a BIO characters writer.

Methods in org.restlet.representation with parameters of type Variant

boolean	Variant.includes(Variant other) Indicates if the current variant includes the given variant.
boolean	Variant.isCompatible(Variant other) Indicates if the current variant is compatible with the given variant.

Constructors in org.restlet.representation with parameters of type Variant

Representation(Variant variant, Date modificationDate)
Constructor from a variant.

Representation(Variant variant, Date modificationDate, Tag tag)
Constructor from a variant.

Representation(Variant variant, Tag tag)
Constructor from a variant.

RepresentationInfo(Variant variant, Date modificationDate)
Constructor from a variant.

RepresentationInfo(Variant variant, Date modificationDate, Tag tag)
Constructor from a variant.

RepresentationInfo(Variant variant, Tag tag)
Constructor from a variant.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.resource

Methods in org.restlet.resource that return Variant

protected Variant

ServerResource.getPreferredVariant(List<Variant> variants) Returns the preferred variant among a list of available variants.

Methods in org.restlet.resource that return types with arguments of type Variant

List<Variant>	Directory.getIndexVariants(ReferenceList indexContent) Returns the variant representations of a directory index.
List<Variant>	ServerResource.getVariants() Returns a modifiable list of exposed variants for the current request method.
protected List<Variant>	ServerResource.getVariants(Method method) Returns a modifiable list of exposed variants for the given method.

Methods in org.restlet.resource with parameters of type Variant

protected Representation	ServerResource.delete(Variant variant) Deletes the resource and all its representations.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doHandle(Variant variant) Effectively handles a call with content negotiation of the response entity.
protected Representation	ServerResource.get(Variant variant) Returns a full representation for a given variant.
Representation	Directory.getIndexRepresentation(Variant variant, ReferenceList indexContent) Returns an actual index representation for a given variant.
protected RepresentationInfo	ServerResource.getInfo(Variant variant) Returns information about the resource's representation.
protected Representation	ServerResource.head(Variant variant) Returns a representation whose metadata will be returned to the client.
protected Representation	ServerResource.options(Variant variant) Indicates the communication options available for this resource.
protected Representation	ServerResource.post(Representation entity, Variant variant) Posts a representation to the resource at the target URI reference.
protected Representation	ServerResource.put(Representation representation, Variant variant) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
Representation	Resource.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target) Converts an object into a representation based on client preferences.

Method parameters in org.restlet.resource with type arguments of type Variant

protected Variant

ServerResource.getPreferredVariant(List<Variant> variants) Returns the preferred variant among a list of available variants.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.service

Methods in org.restlet.service that return Variant

Variant

ConnegService.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants, Request request, MetadataService metadataService) Returns the best variant representation for a given resource according the the client preferences. A default language is provided in case the variants don't match the client preferences.

Methods in org.restlet.service that return types with arguments of type Variant

List<? extends Variant>

ConverterService.getVariants(Class<?> source, Variant target) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.

Methods in org.restlet.service with parameters of type Variant

List<Class<?>>	ConverterService.getObjectClasses(Variant source) Returns the list of object classes that can be converted from a given variant.
List<? extends Variant>	ConverterService.getVariants(Class<?> source, Variant target) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.
Representation	ConverterService.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.

Method parameters in org.restlet.service with type arguments of type Variant

Variant

ConnegService.getPreferredVariant(List<? extends Variant> variants, Request request, MetadataService metadataService) Returns the best variant representation for a given resource according the the client preferences. A default language is provided in case the variants don't match the client preferences.

Uses of Variant in org.restlet.util

Subclasses of Variant in org.restlet.util

class

WrapperRepresentation Representation wrapper.