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016
017package org.springframework.messaging.handler.invocation;
018
019import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
020import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
021
022/**
023 * Strategy interface for resolving method parameters into argument values
024 * in the context of a given {@link Message}.
025 *
026 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
027 * @since 4.0
028 */
029public interface HandlerMethodArgumentResolver {
030
031        /**
032         * Whether the given {@linkplain MethodParameter method parameter} is
033         * supported by this resolver.
034         * @param parameter the method parameter to check
035         * @return {@code true} if this resolver supports the supplied parameter;
036         * {@code false} otherwise
037         */
038        boolean supportsParameter(MethodParameter parameter);
039
040        /**
041         * Resolves a method parameter into an argument value from a given message.
042         * @param parameter the method parameter to resolve.
043         * This parameter must have previously been passed to
044         * {@link #supportsParameter(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter)}
045         * which must have returned {@code true}.
046         * @param message the currently processed message
047         * @return the resolved argument value, or {@code null}
048         * @throws Exception in case of errors with the preparation of argument values
049         */
050        Object resolveArgument(MethodParameter parameter, Message<?> message) throws Exception;
051
052}