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 * Copyright 2012-2020 The Feign Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package feign;

import feign.querymap.FieldQueryMapEncoder;
import feign.querymap.BeanQueryMapEncoder;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A QueryMapEncoder encodes Objects into maps of query parameter names to values.
 *
 * @see FieldQueryMapEncoder
 * @see BeanQueryMapEncoder
 *
 */
public interface QueryMapEncoder {

  /**
   * Encodes the given object into a query map.
   *
   * @param object the object to encode
   * @return the map represented by the object
   */
  Map<String, Object> encode(Object object);

  /**
   * Default encoder uses reflection to inspect provided objects Fields to expand the objects values
   * into a query string. If you prefer that the query string be built using getter and setter
   * methods, as defined in the Java Beans API, use the {@link BeanQueryMapEncoder}
   */
  class Default extends FieldQueryMapEncoder {
  }
}