1 /*
2 * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.oxm;
18
19 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
20 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
21
22 /**
23 * Extension of the {@link Unmarshaller} interface that supports Java 5 generics. More specifically, this unmarshaller
24 * adds support for the new {@link Type} hierarchy, returned by methods such as {@link
25 * Method#getGenericParameterTypes()} and {@link Method#getGenericReturnType()}.
26 *
27 * @author Arjen Poutsma
28 * @since 1.0.2
29 */
30 public interface GenericUnmarshaller extends Unmarshaller {
31
32 /**
33 * Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
34 *
35 * @param type the type that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal
36 * @return <code>true</code> if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied type; <code>false</code>
37 * otherwise
38 */
39 boolean supports(Type type);
40 }