/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package ninja.bodyparser;

import ninja.Context;

public interface BodyParserEngine {

    /**
     * Invoke the parser and get back a Java object populated
     * with the content of this request.
     * 
     * MUST BE THREAD SAFE TO CALL!
     * 
     * @param context The context
     * @param classOfT The class we expect
     * @return The object instance populated with all values from raw request
     */
    <T> T invoke(Context context, Class<T> classOfT);
    
    /**
     * The content type this BodyParserEngine can handle
     * 
     * MUST BE THREAD SAFE TO CALL!
     * 
     * @return the content type. this parser can handle - eg. "application/json"
     */
    String getContentType();

}
