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

org.springframework.web.accept

## Interface ContentNegotiationStrategy

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractMappingContentNegotiationStrategy, ContentNegotiationManager, FixedContentNegotiationStrategy, HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy, ParameterContentNegotiationStrategy, PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy, ServletPathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy

      public interface ContentNegotiationStrategy

  A strategy for resolving the requested media types in a request.
  Since:
    3.2
  Author:
    Rossen Stoyanchev

- - ### Method Summary

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

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### resolveMediaTypes

          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.
      Parameters:
        `webRequest` - the current request
      Returns:
        the requested media types or an empty list, never `null`
      Throws:
        `HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException` - if the requested media types cannot be parsed