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package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation;

import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpResponse;

/**
 * Allows customizing the response after the execution of an {@code @ResponseBody}
 * or an {@code ResponseEntity} controller method but before the body is written
 * with an {@code HttpMessageConverter}.
 *
 * <p>Implementations may be may be registered directly with
 * {@code RequestMappingHandlerAdapter} and {@code ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver}
 * or more likely annotated with {@code @ControllerAdvice} in which case they
 * will be auto-detected by both.
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 4.1
 */
public interface ResponseBodyAdvice<T> {

	/**
	 * Whether this component supports the given controller method return type
	 * and the selected {@code HttpMessageConverter} type.
	 * @param returnType the return type
	 * @param converterType the selected converter type
	 * @return {@code true} if {@link #beforeBodyWrite} should be invoked, {@code false} otherwise
	 */
	boolean supports(MethodParameter returnType, Class<? extends HttpMessageConverter<?>> converterType);

	/**
	 * Invoked after an {@code HttpMessageConverter} is selected and just before
	 * its write method is invoked.
	 * @param body the body to be written
	 * @param returnType the return type of the controller method
	 * @param selectedContentType the content type selected through content negotiation
	 * @param selectedConverterType the converter type selected to write to the response
	 * @param request the current request
	 * @param response the current response
	 * @return the body that was passed in or a modified, possibly new instance
	 */
	T beforeBodyWrite(T body, MethodParameter returnType, MediaType selectedContentType,
			Class<? extends HttpMessageConverter<?>> selectedConverterType,
			ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response);

}
