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Thanks, Rick. You have one typo; “Aample” should be “Sample”, I believe. |
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@jfoshee Thanks! Fixed. |
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| [View or download sample code](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/web-api/advanced/custom-formatters/sample) ([how to download](xref:index#how-to-download-a-sample)) | ||
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| ## When to use custom formatters | ||
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| Use a custom formatter when you want the [content negotiation](xref:web-api/advanced/formatting#content-negotiation) process to support a content type that isn't supported by the built-in formatters (JSON, XML, and plain text). | ||
| Use a custom formatter when you want the [content negotiation](xref:web-api/advanced/formatting#content-negotiation) process to support a content type that isn't supported by the built-in formatters (JSON and XML). | ||
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I'm not super-sure about these edits. We support text/plain with strings for output.
We don't currently do anything with text/plain for input.
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| See the [sample application](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/web-api/advanced/custom-formatters/sample), which implements simple vCard input and output formatters. The application reads and writes vCards that look like the following example: | |||
| * [Plain text formatter sample code on GitHub.](https://github.com/aspnet/Entropy/tree/master/samples/Mvc.Formatters) | |||
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I think more explanation is needed here about what the sample does.
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Fixes #10103