Browser.java

/*
 * Copyright 2009 David Linsin
 * 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
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package de.linsin.github.rest.service;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter;
import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;

/**
 * Base class containing methods used by all flavors of browsers
 *
 * @author David Linsin - dlinsin@gmail.com
 */
public abstract class Browser {
    /**
     * Used to initialize the {@link RestTemplate} instance used to browse, with a {@link MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter}
     *
     * @return {@link RestTemplate} instance
     */
    protected RestTemplate initTemplate() {
        RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate();
        HttpMessageConverter<?>[] httpMessageConverters = new HttpMessageConverter<?>[] {new MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter()};
        template.setMessageConverters(Arrays.asList(httpMessageConverters));
        return template;
    }
}