HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.web.accept

## Class HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy

- java.lang.Object
- - org.springframework.web.accept.HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    ContentNegotiationStrategy

      public class HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy
      extends Object
      implements ContentNegotiationStrategy

  A ContentNegotiationStrategy that parses the 'Accept' header of the request.
  Since:
    3.2
  Author:
    Rossen Stoyanchev

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `List<MediaType>` | `resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest webRequest)` Resolve the given request to a list of media types.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy

          public HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### resolveMediaTypes

          public List<MediaType> resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest webRequest)
                                            throws HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException

      Resolve the given request to a list of media types. The returned list is ordered by specificity first and by quality parameter second.
      Specified by:
        `resolveMediaTypes` in interface `ContentNegotiationStrategy`
      Parameters:
        `webRequest` - the current request
      Returns:
        the requested media types or an empty list, never `null`
      Throws:
        `HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException` - if the 'Accept' header cannot be parsed.