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package org.springframework.data.rest.core.projection;
/**
* Interface to allow the lookup of a projection interface by source type and name. This allows the definition of
* projections with the same name for different source types.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
*/
public interface ProjectionDefinitions {
/**
* Returns the projection type for the given source type and name.
*
* @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}.
* @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
* @return
*/
Class<?> getProjectionType(Class<?> sourceType, String name);
/**
* Returns whether we have a projection registered for the given source type.
*
* @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}.
* @return
*/
boolean hasProjectionFor(Class<?> sourceType);
/**
* Returns the request parameter to be used to expose the projection to the web.
*
* @return the parameterName will never be {@literal null} or empty.
*/
String getParameterName();
}