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<h2 title="Interface MessageBodyWriter" class="title">Interface MessageBodyWriter&lt;T&gt;</h2>
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<dd><code>T</code> - the type that can be written.</dd>
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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">MessageBodyWriter&lt;T&gt;</span></pre>
<div class="block">Contract for a provider that supports the conversion of a Java type to a
stream.
A <code>MessageBodyWriter</code> implementation may be annotated
with <a href="../Produces.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs"><code>Produces</code></a> to restrict the media types for which it will
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Providers implementing <code>MessageBodyWriter</code> contract must be either programmatically
registered in an API runtime or must be annotated with
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by the runtime during a provider scanning phase.
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>1.0</dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
<dd>Paul Sandoz, Marc Hadley</dd>
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<dd><a href="Provider.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs.ext"><code>Provider</code></a>,
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<td class="colFirst"><code>default long</code></td>
<th class="colSecond" scope="row"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="#getSize(T,java.lang.Class,java.lang.reflect.Type,java.lang.annotation.Annotation%5B%5D,javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType)">getSize</a></span>&#8203;(<a href="MessageBodyWriter.html" title="type parameter in MessageBodyWriter">T</a>&nbsp;t,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;type,
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<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType)</code></th>
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<div class="block">Originally, the method has been called before <code>writeTo</code> to ascertain the length in bytes of
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<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType)</code></th>
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<div class="block">Ascertain if the MessageBodyWriter supports a particular type.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<th class="colSecond" scope="row"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="#writeTo(T,java.lang.Class,java.lang.reflect.Type,java.lang.annotation.Annotation%5B%5D,javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType,javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap,java.io.OutputStream)">writeTo</a></span>&#8203;(<a href="MessageBodyWriter.html" title="type parameter in MessageBodyWriter">T</a>&nbsp;t,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;type,
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<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType,
<a href="../core/MultivaluedMap.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">MultivaluedMap</a>&lt;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">String</a>,&#8203;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Object</a>&gt;&nbsp;httpHeaders,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/OutputStream.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io" class="externalLink">OutputStream</a>&nbsp;entityStream)</code></th>
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<pre class="methodSignature">boolean&nbsp;isWriteable&#8203;(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;type,
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<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType)</pre>
<div class="block">Ascertain if the MessageBodyWriter supports a particular type.</div>
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<dd><code>type</code> - the class of instance that is to be written.</dd>
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by reflection of a resource method return type or via inspection
of the returned instance. <a href="../core/GenericEntity.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core"><code>GenericEntity</code></a>
provides a way to specify this information at runtime.</dd>
<dd><code>annotations</code> - an array of the annotations attached to the message entity instance.</dd>
<dd><code>mediaType</code> - the media type of the HTTP entity.</dd>
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<pre class="methodSignature">default&nbsp;long&nbsp;getSize&#8203;(<a href="MessageBodyWriter.html" title="type parameter in MessageBodyWriter">T</a>&nbsp;t,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;type,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Type.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect" class="externalLink">Type</a>&nbsp;genericType,
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<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType)</pre>
<div class="block">Originally, the method has been called before <code>writeTo</code> to ascertain the length in bytes of
the serialized form of <code>t</code>. A non-negative return value has been used in a HTTP
<code>Content-Length</code> header.
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by an API runtime. All <code>MessageBodyWriter</code> implementations are advised to return <code>-1</code>
from the method. Responsibility to compute the actual <code>Content-Length</code> header value has been
delegated to the runtime.
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provides a way to specify this information at runtime.</dd>
<dd><code>annotations</code> - an array of the annotations attached to the message entity instance.</dd>
<dd><code>mediaType</code> - the media type of the HTTP entity.</dd>
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<pre class="methodSignature">void&nbsp;writeTo&#8203;(<a href="MessageBodyWriter.html" title="type parameter in MessageBodyWriter">T</a>&nbsp;t,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;type,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Type.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect" class="externalLink">Type</a>&nbsp;genericType,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation" class="externalLink">Annotation</a>[]&nbsp;annotations,
<a href="../core/MediaType.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">MediaType</a>&nbsp;mediaType,
<a href="../core/MultivaluedMap.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">MultivaluedMap</a>&lt;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">String</a>,&#8203;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="externalLink">Object</a>&gt;&nbsp;httpHeaders,
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/OutputStream.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io" class="externalLink">OutputStream</a>&nbsp;entityStream)
throws <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io" class="externalLink">IOException</a>,
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<div class="block">Write a type to an HTTP message. The message header map is mutable
but any changes must be made before writing to the output stream since
the headers will be flushed prior to writing the message body.</div>
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<dd><code>t</code> - the instance to write.</dd>
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provides a way to specify this information at runtime.</dd>
<dd><code>annotations</code> - an array of the annotations attached to the message entity instance.</dd>
<dd><code>mediaType</code> - the media type of the HTTP entity.</dd>
<dd><code>httpHeaders</code> - a mutable map of the HTTP message headers.</dd>
<dd><code>entityStream</code> - the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/OutputStream.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io" class="externalLink"><code>OutputStream</code></a> for the HTTP entity. The
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<dd><code><a href="../WebApplicationException.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs">WebApplicationException</a></code> - if a specific HTTP error response needs to be produced.
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