Package org.springframework.restdocs.payload

Interface PayloadSubsectionExtractor<T extends PayloadSubsectionExtractor<T>>

Type Parameters:

T - the subsection extractor subclass

All Known Implementing Classes:

FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor

public interface PayloadSubsectionExtractor<T extends PayloadSubsectionExtractor<T>>

Strategy interface for extracting a subsection of a payload.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Andy Wilkinson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	extractSubsection(byte[] payload, org.springframework.http.MediaType contentType)	Extracts a subsection of the given payload that has the given contentType.
default byte[]	extractSubsection(byte[] payload, org.springframework.http.MediaType contentType, List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors)	Extracts a subsection of the given payload that has the given contentType and that is described by the given descriptors.
String	getSubsectionId()	Returns an identifier for the subsection that this extractor will extract.
T	withSubsectionId(String subsectionId)	Returns an extractor with the given subsectionId.

Method Details

extractSubsection

byte[] extractSubsection(byte[] payload,
 org.springframework.http.MediaType contentType)

Extracts a subsection of the given payload that has the given contentType.

Parameters:

payload - the payload

contentType - the content type of the payload

Returns:

the subsection of the payload

extractSubsection

default byte[] extractSubsection(byte[] payload,
 org.springframework.http.MediaType contentType,
 List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors)

Extracts a subsection of the given payload that has the given contentType and that is described by the given descriptors.

Parameters:

payload - the payload

contentType - the content type of the payload

descriptors - descriptors that describe the payload

Returns:

the subsection of the payload

Since:

2.0.4

getSubsectionId

String getSubsectionId()

Returns an identifier for the subsection that this extractor will extract.

Returns:

the identifier

withSubsectionId

T withSubsectionId(String subsectionId)

Returns an extractor with the given subsectionId.

Parameters:

subsectionId - the subsection ID

Returns:

the customized extractor