001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.oxm; 018 019import java.lang.reflect.Type; 020 021/** 022 * Subinterface of {@link Marshaller} that has support for Java 5 generics. 023 * 024 * @author Arjen Poutsma 025 * @since 3.0.1 026 */ 027public interface GenericMarshaller extends Marshaller { 028 029 /** 030 * Indicates whether this marshaller can marshal instances of the supplied generic type. 031 * @param genericType the type that this marshaller is being asked if it can marshal 032 * @return {@code true} if this marshaller can indeed marshal instances of the supplied type; 033 * {@code false} otherwise 034 */ 035 boolean supports(Type genericType); 036 037}