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package org.exoplatform.services.rest.provider;

import org.exoplatform.services.rest.FilterDescriptor;
import org.exoplatform.services.rest.ObjectFactory;
import org.exoplatform.services.rest.impl.header.MediaTypeHelper;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.List;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Providers;

/**
 * @author <a href="andrew00x@gmail.com">Andrey Parfonov</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ExtendedProviders extends Providers
{

   /**
    * Get list of most acceptable writer's media type for specified type.
    * 
    * @param type type
    * @param genericType generic type
    * @param annotations annotations
    * @return sorted acceptable media type collection
    * @see MediaTypeHelper#MEDIA_TYPE_COMPARATOR
    */
   List<MediaType> getAcceptableWriterMediaTypes(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations);

   /**
    * @param path request path
    * @return acceptable method invocation filters
    */
   List<ObjectFactory<FilterDescriptor>> getMethodInvokerFilters(String path);

   /**
    * @param path request path
    * @return acceptable request filters
    */
   List<ObjectFactory<FilterDescriptor>> getRequestFilters(String path);

   /**
    * @param path request path
    * @return acceptable response filters
    */
   List<ObjectFactory<FilterDescriptor>> getResponseFilters(String path);

}
