retrofit/src/main/java/retrofit2/Converter.java

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package retrofit2;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import okhttp3.RequestBody;
import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
import retrofit2.http.Body;
import retrofit2.http.Field;
import retrofit2.http.FieldMap;
import retrofit2.http.Header;
import retrofit2.http.HeaderMap;
import retrofit2.http.Part;
import retrofit2.http.PartMap;
import retrofit2.http.Path;
import retrofit2.http.Query;
import retrofit2.http.QueryMap;

/**
 * Convert objects to and from their representation in HTTP. Instances are created by {@linkplain
 * Factory a factory} which is {@linkplain Retrofit.Builder#addConverterFactory(Factory) installed}
 * into the {@link Retrofit} instance.
 */
public interface Converter<F, T> {
  @Nullable
  T convert(F value) throws IOException;

  /** Creates {@link Converter} instances based on a type and target usage. */
  abstract class Factory {
    /**
     * Returns a {@link Converter} for converting an HTTP response body to {@code type}, or null if
     * {@code type} cannot be handled by this factory. This is used to create converters for
     * response types such as {@code SimpleResponse} from a {@code Call<SimpleResponse>}
     * declaration.
     */
    public @Nullable Converter<ResponseBody, ?> responseBodyConverter(
        Type type, Annotation[] annotations, Retrofit retrofit) {
      return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link Converter} for converting {@code type} to an HTTP request body, or null if
     * {@code type} cannot be handled by this factory. This is used to create converters for types
     * specified by {@link Body @Body}, {@link Part @Part}, and {@link PartMap @PartMap} values.
     */
    public @Nullable Converter<?, RequestBody> requestBodyConverter(
        Type type,
        Annotation[] parameterAnnotations,
        Annotation[] methodAnnotations,
        Retrofit retrofit) {
      return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link Converter} for converting {@code type} to a {@link String}, or null if
     * {@code type} cannot be handled by this factory. This is used to create converters for types
     * specified by {@link Field @Field}, {@link FieldMap @FieldMap} values, {@link Header @Header},
     * {@link HeaderMap @HeaderMap}, {@link Path @Path}, {@link Query @Query}, and {@link
     * QueryMap @QueryMap} values.
     */
    public @Nullable Converter<?, String> stringConverter(
        Type type, Annotation[] annotations, Retrofit retrofit) {
      return null;
    }

    /**
     * Extract the upper bound of the generic parameter at {@code index} from {@code type}. For
     * example, index 1 of {@code Map<String, ? extends Runnable>} returns {@code Runnable}.
     */
    protected static Type getParameterUpperBound(int index, ParameterizedType type) {
      return Utils.getParameterUpperBound(index, type);
    }

    /**
     * Extract the raw class type from {@code type}. For example, the type representing {@code
     * List<? extends Runnable>} returns {@code List.class}.
     */
    protected static Class<?> getRawType(Type type) {
      return Utils.getRawType(type);
    }
  }
}