com.owlike.genson.reflect

Interface BeanDescriptorProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBeanDescriptorProvider, BaseBeanDescriptorProvider, BeanViewDescriptorProvider

public interface BeanDescriptorProvider

Interface implemented by classes who want to provide BeanDescriptor instances for the specified type.

Author:

eugen

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> BeanDescriptor<T>	provide(Class<T> ofClass, Genson genson)
<T> BeanDescriptor<T>	provide(Class<T> ofClass, Type type, Genson genson) Provides a BeanDescriptor that can serialize/deserialize "ofClass" type, based on "type" argument.
BeanDescriptor<?>	provide(Type ofType, Genson genson) Provides a BeanDescriptor for type "ofType" using current Genson instance.

Method Detail

provide

BeanDescriptor<?> provide(Type ofType,
                        Genson genson)

Provides a BeanDescriptor for type "ofType" using current Genson instance.

Parameters:

ofType - is the type for which we need a BeanDescriptor.

genson - is the current Genson instance.

Returns:

A BeanDescriptor instance able to serialize/deserialize objects of type ofType.

provide

<T> BeanDescriptor<T> provide(Class<T> ofClass,
                            Genson genson)

See Also:

provide(Type, Genson)

provide

<T> BeanDescriptor<T> provide(Class<T> ofClass,
                            Type type,
                            Genson genson)

Provides a BeanDescriptor that can serialize/deserialize "ofClass" type, based on "type" argument. The arguments "ofClass" and "type" will be the same in most cases, but for example in BeanViews ofClass will correspond to the parameterized type and "type" to the BeanView implementation.

Parameters:

ofClass - is the Class for which we need a BeanDescriptor that will be able to serialize/deserialize objects of that type;

type - to use to build this descriptor (use its declared methods, fields, etc).

genson - is the current Genson instance.

Returns:

A BeanDescriptor instance able to serialize/deserialize objects of type ofClass.