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package org.springframework.web.accept;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.http.MediaType;

/**
 * Strategy to resolve {@link MediaType} to a list of file extensions.
 * For example resolve "application/json" to "json".
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 3.2
 */
public interface MediaTypeFileExtensionResolver {

	/**
	 * Resolve the given media type to a list of path extensions.
	 * @param mediaType the media type to resolve
	 * @return a list of extensions or an empty list (never {@code null})
	 */
	List<String> resolveFileExtensions(MediaType mediaType);

	/**
	 * Return all registered file extensions.
	 * @return a list of extensions or an empty list (never {@code null})
	 */
	List<String> getAllFileExtensions();

}
