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

org.springframework.web.client

## Interface ResponseExtractor<T>

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    HttpMessageConverterExtractor

      public interface ResponseExtractor<T>

  Generic callback interface used by `RestTemplate`'s retrieval methods Implementations of this interface perform the actual work of extracting data from a `ClientHttpResponse`, but don't need to worry about exception handling or closing resources.

  Used internally by the `RestTemplate`, but also useful for application code.

  Since:
    3.0
  Author:
    Arjen Poutsma
  See Also:
    `RestTemplate.execute(java.lang.String, org.springframework.http.HttpMethod, org.springframework.web.client.RequestCallback, org.springframework.web.client.ResponseExtractor<T>, java.lang.Object...)`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `T` | `extractData(ClientHttpResponse response)` Extract data from the given `ClientHttpResponse` and return it.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### extractData

          T extractData(ClientHttpResponse response)
                        throws IOException

      Extract data from the given `ClientHttpResponse` and return it.
      Parameters:
        `response` - the HTTP response
      Returns:
        the extracted data
      Throws:
        `IOException` - in case of I/O errors