Interface CodecConfigurer

All Known Subinterfaces:
ClientCodecConfigurer, ServerCodecConfigurer
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultClientCodecConfigurer, DefaultServerCodecConfigurer

public interface CodecConfigurer
Defines a common interface for configuring either client or server HTTP message readers and writers. This is used as follows:

HTTP message readers and writers are divided into 3 categories that are ordered as follows:

  1. Typed readers and writers that support specific types, e.g. byte[], String.
  2. Object readers and writers, e.g. JSON, XML.
  3. Catch-all readers or writers, e.g. String with any media type.

Typed and object readers are further subdivided and ordered as follows:

  1. Default HTTP reader and writer registrations.
  2. Custom readers and writers.
Since:
5.0
Author:
Rossen Stoyanchev
  • Method Details

    • defaultCodecs

      Provides a way to customize or replace HTTP message readers and writers registered by default.
      See Also:
    • customCodecs

      Register custom HTTP message readers or writers in addition to the ones registered by default.
    • registerDefaults

      void registerDefaults(boolean registerDefaults)
      Provides a way to completely turn off registration of default HTTP message readers and writers, and instead rely only on the ones provided via customCodecs().

      By default this is set to "true" in which case default registrations are made; setting this to false disables default registrations.

    • getReaders

      List<HttpMessageReader<?>> getReaders()
      Obtain the configured HTTP message readers.
    • getWriters

      List<HttpMessageWriter<?>> getWriters()
      Obtain the configured HTTP message writers.
    • clone

      Create a copy of this CodecConfigurer. The returned clone has its own lists of default and custom codecs and generally can be configured independently. Keep in mind however that codec instances (if any are configured) are themselves not cloned.
      Since:
      5.1.12