Package com.microsoft.rest.protocol

Interface SerializerAdapter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the original serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

JacksonAdapter

public interface SerializerAdapter<T>

This interface defines the behaviors an adapter of a serializer needs to implement.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
retrofit2.Converter.Factory	converterFactory()
<U> U	deserialize(String value, Type type)	Deserializes a string into a SerializerAdapter object using the current SerializerAdapter.
String	serialize(Object object)	Serializes an object into a JSON string.
String	serializeList(List<?> list, CollectionFormat format)	Serializes a list into a string with the delimiter specified with the Swagger collection format joining each individual serialized items in the list.
T	serializer()
String	serializeRaw(Object object)	Serializes an object into a raw string.

Method Detail

serializer

T serializer()

Returns:

the adapted original serializer

converterFactory

retrofit2.Converter.Factory converterFactory()

Returns:

a converter factory for Retrofit

serialize

String serialize(Object object)
          throws IOException

Serializes an object into a JSON string.

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized string. Null if the object to serialize is null.

Throws:

IOException - exception from serialization.

serializeRaw

String serializeRaw(Object object)

Serializes an object into a raw string. The leading and trailing quotes will be trimmed.

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized string. Null if the object to serialize is null.

serializeList

String serializeList(List<?> list,
                     CollectionFormat format)

Serializes a list into a string with the delimiter specified with the Swagger collection format joining each individual serialized items in the list.

Parameters:

list - the list to serialize.

format - the Swagger collection format.

Returns:

the serialized string

deserialize

<U> U deserialize(String value,
                  Type type)
           throws IOException

Deserializes a string into a SerializerAdapter object using the current SerializerAdapter.

Type Parameters:

U - the type of the deserialized object.

Parameters:

value - the string value to deserialize.

type - the type to deserialize.

Returns:

the deserialized object.

Throws:

IOException - exception in deserialization