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1 | /* | |
2 | * $Id: DataType.java 20321 2010-11-24 15:21:24Z dfeist $ | |
3 | * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
4 | * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com | |
5 | * | |
6 | * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 | |
7 | * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the | |
8 | * LICENSE.txt file. | |
9 | */ | |
10 | package org.mule.api.transformer; | |
11 | ||
12 | import org.mule.transformer.types.DataTypeFactory; | |
13 | ||
14 | import java.io.Serializable; | |
15 | ||
16 | /** | |
17 | * Defines a Java type associated with additional information about the data. This may be a mime | |
18 | * type for the type or for collections, the collection item type can be stored with the collection | |
19 | * type. | |
20 | * | |
21 | * @since 3.0.0 | |
22 | */ | |
23 | public interface DataType<T> extends Serializable, Cloneable | |
24 | { | |
25 | public static final String ANY_MIME_TYPE = "*/*"; | |
26 | ||
27 | /** | |
28 | * The object type of the source object to transform. | |
29 | * | |
30 | * @return the class object of the source object. This must not be null | |
31 | */ | |
32 | Class<?> getType(); | |
33 | ||
34 | /** | |
35 | * The mime type of the the source object to transform. | |
36 | * | |
37 | * @return the mime type of the source object. This may be null if the mime type is not known, or if the mime type is | |
38 | * not needed | |
39 | */ | |
40 | String getMimeType(); | |
41 | ||
42 | /** | |
43 | * The encoding for the object to transform | |
44 | */ | |
45 | String getEncoding(); | |
46 | ||
47 | /** | |
48 | * The encoding for the object to transform | |
49 | */ | |
50 | void setEncoding(String encoding); | |
51 | ||
52 | /** | |
53 | * The mime type of the the source object to transform. | |
54 | * | |
55 | * @param mimeType the mime type of the source object. This may be null if the mime type is not known, or if the mime type is | |
56 | * not needed | |
57 | */ | |
58 | void setMimeType(String mimeType); | |
59 | ||
60 | /** | |
61 | * Used to determine if this data type is compatible with the data type passed in. This checks to see if the mime types are | |
62 | * equal and whether the Java types are assignable | |
63 | * | |
64 | * @param dataType the dataType object to compare with | |
65 | * @return true if the mime types are the same and this type can be assigned to the dataType.type. | |
66 | */ | |
67 | boolean isCompatibleWith(DataType dataType); | |
68 | ||
69 | /** | |
70 | * Create an exact copy of this datatype | |
71 | */ | |
72 | DataType cloneDataType(); | |
73 | ||
74 | DataType<byte[]> BYTE_ARRAY_DATA_TYPE = (DataType<byte[]>) DataTypeFactory.createImmutable(byte[].class); | |
75 | ||
76 | DataType<String> STRING_DATA_TYPE = (DataType<String>) DataTypeFactory.createImmutable(String.class); | |
77 | } |