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package org.springframework.data.rest.core.mapping;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * A {@link ResourceMapping} that is backed by a {@link Method}.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
public interface MethodResourceMapping extends ResourceMapping {

	/**
	 * Returns the {@link Method} backing the resource.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	Method getMethod();

	/**
	 * Returns {@link ParameterMetadata} instances for all named parameters.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	ParametersMetadata getParametersMetadata();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the resource is sortable.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	boolean isSortableResource();

	/**
	 * Returns the domain type that the query method returns. This will inspect wrapper types ({@link Collection}s,
	 * {@link Map}s, {@link Optional}s etc.) for their element or value types.
	 * 
	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
	 * @since 2.3
	 */
	Class<?> getReturnedDomainType();
}
