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019
020package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.io.registry;
021
022import java.io.IOException;
023import java.io.InputStream;
024import java.lang.reflect.Type;
025
026import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
027
028/**
029 * Interface of mimetype to Java type converter.
030 * <p>
031 * see {@link Marshaller} for more details.
032 * </p>
033 *
034 * @param <EntityType> The managed Java type.
035 * @since 7.2
036 */
037public interface Reader<EntityType> extends Marshaller<EntityType> {
038
039    /**
040     * Read the entity from in {@link InputStream} using mediatype format.
041     * <p>
042     * This method implementation can use injected properties.
043     * </p>
044     *
045     * @param clazz The requested marshalled class.
046     * @param genericType The requested marshalled generic type.
047     * @param mediatype The input mediatype.
048     * @param in The input of this marshaller.
049     * @throws IOException If some error append while reading entity from in.
050     * @since 7.2
051     */
052    EntityType read(Class<?> clazz, Type genericType, MediaType mediaType, InputStream in) throws IOException;
053
054}