1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestHandler.java
index 393e425baf..740b98ae73 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestHandler.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public interface RestHandler {
 
     /**
      * Handles a rest request.
-     *
      * @param request The request to handle
      * @param channel The channel to write the request response to
      * @param client A client to use to make internal requests on behalf of the original request
@@ -38,4 +37,13 @@ public interface RestHandler {
     default boolean canTripCircuitBreaker() {
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if a RestHandler supports plain text bodies
+     * @deprecated use request parameters or bodies that can be parsed with XContent!
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    default boolean supportsPlainText() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }