org.glassfish.jersey.message.filtering.spi

Interface EntityProcessorContext

public interface EntityProcessorContext

Entity processor context providing details about entity processing.

The context contains the EntityProcessorContext.Type which distinguishes between types of context. There are various properties in the context (accessible by getters) and some of them might be relevant only to specific context types.

Author:

Michal Gajdos

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	EntityProcessorContext.Type The type of the context which describes in which entity processing phase the EntityProcessor.process(EntityProcessorContext) is triggered.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getEntityClass() Get entity class to be processed.
EntityGraph	getEntityGraph() Get entity graph to be modified by the processing.
Field	getField() Get field to be processed.
Method	getMethod() Get method to be processed.
EntityProcessorContext.Type	getType() Get the type of this context.

Method Detail

getType

EntityProcessorContext.Type getType()

Get the type of this context.

Returns:

entity processing context type.

getEntityClass

Class<?> getEntityClass()

Get entity class to be processed. The entity class is available only for EntityProcessorContext.Type.CLASS_WRITER and EntityProcessorContext.Type.CLASS_READER context types.

Returns:

entity class or null if the class is not available.

getField

Field getField()

Get field to be processed. The field is available only for EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_WRITER and EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_READER context types.

Returns:

field or null if the field is not available.

getMethod

Method getMethod()

Get method to be processed. The method is available for EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_WRITER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_READER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.METHOD_WRITER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.METHOD_READER context types.

Returns:

method or null if the method is not available.

getEntityGraph

EntityGraph getEntityGraph()

Get entity graph to be modified by the processing. The entity graph is available for all context types.

Returns:

entity graph.