protected ResponseFormatType generateAcceptFormat(String format) throws BadApiRequestException {
  try {
    return format == null ? ResponseFormatType.JSON : ResponseFormatType.valueOf(format.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
  }
 catch (  IllegalArgumentException e) {
    LOG.error(ACCEPT_FORMAT_INVALID.logFormat(format),e);
    throw new BadApiRequestException(ACCEPT_FORMAT_INVALID.format(format));
  }
}

protected ResponseFormatType generateAcceptFormat ( String format ) throws BadApiRequestException { try { return format == null ? ResponseFormatType . JSON : ResponseFormatType . valueOf ( format . toUpperCase ( Locale . ENGLISH ) ) ; } catch ( IllegalArgumentException e ) { LOG . error ( ACCEPT_FORMAT_INVALID . logFormat ( format ) , e ) ; throw new BadApiRequestException ( ACCEPT_FORMAT_INVALID . format ( format ) ) ; } }
generates the format in which the response data is expected .
