Type (org.greenbytes.http:structured-fields 0.6-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

T - represented Java type

All Superinterfaces:

Supplier<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Item<T>, ListElement<T>, NumberItem<T>, Parameterizable<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanItem, ByteSequenceItem, DateItem, DecimalItem, Dictionary, DisplayStringItem, InnerList, IntegerItem, OuterList, StringItem, TokenItem
```
public interface Type<T>
extends Supplier<T>
```
Base interface for Structured Data Types.
Each type is a wrapper around the Java type it represents and which can be retrieved using Supplier.get().

See Also:

Section 3 of RFC 9651

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`serialize()`	Serialize.
`StringBuilder`	`serializeTo(StringBuilder sb)`	Serialize to an existing `StringBuilder`.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Supplier
get

- Method Detail
  - serializeTo
```
StringBuilder serializeTo(StringBuilder sb)
```
    Serialize to an existing StringBuilder.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sb - where to serialize to
    
    Returns:
    
    the StringBuilder so calls can be chained.
  - serialize
```
String serialize()
```
    Serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the serialization.