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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();
}