Package com.intellectualsites.http

Class EntityMapper

java.lang.Object

com.intellectualsites.http.EntityMapper

public final class EntityMapper
extends Object

Utility responsible for serializing and de-serializing HTTP entities

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	EntityMapper.EntityDeserializer<T>	Deserializer for HTTP response bodies
static interface	EntityMapper.EntitySerializer<T>	Serializer for HTTP request bodies

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EntityMapper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> Optional<EntityMapper.EntityDeserializer<T>>	getDeserializer(@NotNull Class<T> type)	Attempt to retrieve the deserializer for a given content type
<T> Optional<EntityMapper.EntitySerializer<T>>	getSerializer(@NotNull Class<T> clazz)	Attempt to retrieve the serializer for a given type
static @NotNull EntityMapper	newInstance()	Create a new entity mapper instance
<T> @NotNull EntityMapper	registerDeserializer(@NotNull Class<T> clazz, @NotNull EntityMapper.EntityDeserializer<T> deserializer)	Register a deserializer that maps objects of a certain content type to Java objects
<T> @NotNull EntityMapper	registerSerializer(@NotNull Class<T> clazz, @NotNull EntityMapper.EntitySerializer<T> serializer)	Register a serializer that maps a given type to an array of bytes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

EntityMapper

public EntityMapper()

Method Details

newInstance

@NotNull
public static @NotNull EntityMapper newInstance()

Create a new entity mapper instance

Returns:

Created instance

registerSerializer

@NotNull
public <T> @NotNull EntityMapper registerSerializer(@NotNull
 @NotNull Class<T> clazz,
 @NotNull
 @NotNull EntityMapper.EntitySerializer<T> serializer)

Register a serializer that maps a given type to an array of bytes

Type Parameters:

T - Type to map

Parameters:

clazz - Class of type to map

serializer - Serializer that performs the mapping

Returns:

Mapper instance

registerDeserializer

@NotNull
public <T> @NotNull EntityMapper registerDeserializer(@NotNull
 @NotNull Class<T> clazz,
 @NotNull
 @NotNull EntityMapper.EntityDeserializer<T> deserializer)

Register a deserializer that maps objects of a certain content type to Java objects

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the objects produces by the deserializer

Parameters:

clazz - Content type

deserializer - Deserializer

Returns:

Mapper instance

getSerializer

public <T>
Optional<EntityMapper.EntitySerializer<T>> getSerializer(@NotNull
 @NotNull Class<T> clazz)

Attempt to retrieve the serializer for a given type

Type Parameters:

T - Type

Parameters:

clazz - Class

Returns:

Serializer

getDeserializer

public <T>
Optional<EntityMapper.EntityDeserializer<T>> getDeserializer(@NotNull
 @NotNull Class<T> type)

Attempt to retrieve the deserializer for a given content type

Type Parameters:

T - Content type

Parameters:

type - Content class

Returns:

Deserializer