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package org.apache.olingo.odata2.client.api.ep;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.client.batch.BatchPart;
import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.EdmEntitySet;
import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.ep.EntityProviderException;
import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.processor.ODataResponse;

/**
 * Interface for all none basic (content type <b>dependent</b>) serializer methods.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface ContentTypeBasedSerializer {

  /**
   * Returns an OData Response for a given entry
   * @param entitySet
   * @param data
   * @return ODataResponse
   * @throws EntityProviderException
   */
  ODataResponse writeEntry(EdmEntitySet entitySet, Entity data)
      throws EntityProviderException;
  
  /**
   * Returns an OData Response for a given feed
   * @param entitySet
   * @param data
   * @return ODataResponse
   * @throws EntityProviderException
   */
  ODataResponse writeFeed(EdmEntitySet entitySet, EntityCollection data)
      throws EntityProviderException;
  
  /**
   * Reads Batch Request Parts and returns an input Stream
   * @param batchParts
   * @param boundary
   * @return InputStream
   */
  InputStream readBatchRequest(final List<BatchPart> batchParts, final String boundary);
}
