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package org.springframework.messaging.converter;

import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
import org.springframework.util.MimeType;

/**
 * Resolve the content type for a message.
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ContentTypeResolver {

	/**
	 * Determine the {@link MimeType} of a message from the given MessageHeaders.
	 *
	 * @param headers the headers to use for the resolution
	 * @return the resolved {@code MimeType} of {@code null} if none found
	 *
	 * @throws org.springframework.util.InvalidMimeTypeException if the content type
	 * 	is a String that cannot be parsed
	 * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if there is a content type but
	 * 	its type is unknown
	 */
	MimeType resolve(MessageHeaders headers);

}
