org.springframework.restdocs.hypermedia

Interface LinkExtractor

public interface LinkExtractor

A LinkExtractor is used to extract links from a JSON response. The expected format of the links in the response is determined by the implementation.

Author:

Andy Wilkinson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,List<Link>>	extractLinks(MockHttpServletResponse response) Extract the links from the given response, returning a Map of links where the keys are the link rels.

Method Detail

extractLinks

Map<String,List<Link>> extractLinks(MockHttpServletResponse response)
                             throws IOException

Extract the links from the given response, returning a Map of links where the keys are the link rels.

Parameters:

response - The response from which the links are to be extracted

Returns:

The extracted links, keyed by rel

Throws:

IOException - if link extraction fails