package com.planet_ink.coffee_web.interfaces;

import java.util.Collection;

import com.planet_ink.coffee_web.http.MIMEType;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_web.util.RequestStats;

/*
   Copyright 2012-2022 Bo Zimmerman

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

	   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/

/**
 * Interface for an http response converter manager, based on the mime type
 * of the file returned.
 *
 * @author Bo Zimmerman
 *
 */
public interface MimeConverterManager
{
	/**
	 * Internal method to register a converters existence, and its context.
	 * @param mime the mime type the converter responds to
	 * @param converterClass the class of the converter
	 */
	public void registerConverter(MIMEType mime, Class<? extends HTTPOutputConverter> converterClass);

	/**
	 * For anyone externally interested, will return the list of converter classes
	 * that are registered
	 * @return the list of converter classes
	 */
	public Collection<Class<? extends HTTPOutputConverter>> getConverters();

	/**
	 * Returns a converter (if any) that handles the given mime type.
	 * if none is found, NULL is returned.
	 * @param mime the mime type
	 * @return the converter class, if any, or null
	 */
	public Class<? extends HTTPOutputConverter> findConverter(MIMEType mime);

	/**
	 * Returns a statistics object for the given converter class
	 * or null if none exists
	 * @param converterClass the converter class managed by this web server
	 * @return the converter stats object
	 */
	public RequestStats getConverterStats(Class<? extends HTTPOutputConverter> converterClass);
}
