com.github.nmorel.gwtjackson.client.ser.map.key

Class KeySerializer<T>

java.lang.Object

com.github.nmorel.gwtjackson.client.ser.map.key.KeySerializer<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanKeySerializer, DateKeySerializer, EnumKeySerializer, NumberKeySerializer, ObjectKeySerializer, ToStringKeySerializer, UUIDKeySerializer

public abstract class KeySerializer<T>
extends Object

Base class for all the Map key serializer. It handles null values and exceptions. The rest is delegated to implementations.

Author:

Nicolas Morel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
KeySerializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract String	doSerialize(T value, JsonSerializationContext ctx) Serializes a non-null object into a String to use as map's key.
boolean	mustBeEscaped(JsonSerializationContext ctx)
String	serialize(T value, JsonSerializationContext ctx) Serializes an object into a String to use as map's key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

KeySerializer

public KeySerializer()

Method Detail

mustBeEscaped

public boolean mustBeEscaped(JsonSerializationContext ctx)

Parameters:

ctx - Context for the full serialization process

Returns:

true if the serialized key must be escaped

serialize

public String serialize(T value,
               JsonSerializationContext ctx)
                 throws JsonSerializationException

Serializes an object into a String to use as map's key.

Parameters:

value - Object to serialize

ctx - Context for the full serialization process

Returns:

the key

Throws:

JsonSerializationException - if an error occurs during the serialization

doSerialize

protected abstract String doSerialize(@Nonnull
                 T value,
                 JsonSerializationContext ctx)

Serializes a non-null object into a String to use as map's key.

Parameters:

value - Object to serialize

ctx - Context for the full serialization process

Returns:

the key