org.springframework.restdocs.snippet

Class TemplatedSnippet

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.TemplatedSnippet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Snippet

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFieldsSnippet, AbstractParametersSnippet, CurlRequestSnippet, HttpRequestSnippet, HttpResponseSnippet, LinksSnippet

public abstract class TemplatedSnippet
extends Object
implements Snippet

Base class for a Snippet that is produced using a Template and TemplateEngine.

Author:

Andy Wilkinson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	TemplatedSnippet(String snippetName, Map<String,Object> attributes) Creates a new TemplatedSnippet that will produce a snippet with the given snippetName.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract Map<String,Object>	createModel(Operation operation) Create the model that should be used during template rendering to document the given operation.
void	document(Operation operation) Documents the call to the RESTful API described by the given operation.
protected Map<String,Object>	getAttributes() Returns the additional attributes that will be included in the model during template rendering.
protected String	getSnippetName() Returns the name of the snippet that will be created.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TemplatedSnippet

protected TemplatedSnippet(String snippetName,
                           Map<String,Object> attributes)

Creates a new TemplatedSnippet that will produce a snippet with the given snippetName. The given attributes will be included in the model during rendering of the template.

Parameters:

snippetName - The name of the snippet

attributes - The additional attributes

Method Detail

document

public void document(Operation operation)
              throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Snippet

Documents the call to the RESTful API described by the given operation.

Specified by:

document in interface Snippet

Parameters:

operation - the API operation

Throws:

IOException - if a failure occurs will documenting the operation

createModel

protected abstract Map<String,Object> createModel(Operation operation)

Create the model that should be used during template rendering to document the given operation. Any additional attributes that were supplied when this TemplatedSnippet were created will be automatically added to the model prior to rendering.

Parameters:

operation - The operation

Returns:

the model

Throws:

ModelCreationException - if model creation fails

getAttributes

protected final Map<String,Object> getAttributes()

Returns the additional attributes that will be included in the model during template rendering.

Returns:

the additional attributes

getSnippetName

protected final String getSnippetName()

Returns the name of the snippet that will be created.

Returns:

the snippet name