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package org.jboss.aerogear.android.pipe;

public interface RequestBuilder<T> {

    /**
     * This method creates the body of a request for a Pipe to use.
     * 
     * This is basically a serialization style operation.
     * 
     * @param data an object to form a body out of.
     * 
     * @return A request body which represents the data parameter
     */
    byte[] getBody(T data);

    /**
     * @return the Content-Type header to be sent to the server.
     */
    String getContentType();

    /**
     * The marshalling config sets options for reading and processing data
     * 
     * @return the current config
     */
    MarshallingConfig getMarshallingConfig();
}
