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package com.google.gson;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * An enumeration that defines a few standard naming conventions for JSON field names.
 * This enumeration should be used in conjunction with {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder}
 * to configure a {@link com.google.gson.Gson} instance to properly translate Java field
 * names into the desired JSON field names.
 *
 * @author Inderjeet Singh
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
public enum FieldNamingPolicy implements FieldNamingStrategy {

  /**
   * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the field name is
   * unchanged.
   */
  IDENTITY() {
    @Override public String translateName(Field f) {
      return f.getName();
    }
  },

  /**
   * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java
   * field name is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form.
   *
   * 

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> SomeFieldName
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _SomeFieldName
  • *
*/ UPPER_CAMEL_CASE() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return upperCaseFirstLetter(f.getName()); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java * field name is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form and the words will be * separated by a space. * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> Some Field Name
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _Some Field Name
  • *
* * @since 1.4 */ UPPER_CAMEL_CASE_WITH_SPACES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return upperCaseFirstLetter(separateCamelCase(f.getName(), ' ')); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased * form to an upper case field name where each word is separated by an underscore (_). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> SOME_FIELD_NAME
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _SOME_FIELD_NAME
  • *
  • aStringField ---> A_STRING_FIELD
  • *
  • aURL ---> A_U_R_L
  • *
*/ UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '_').toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by an underscore (_). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> some_field_name
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _some_field_name
  • *
  • aStringField ---> a_string_field
  • *
  • aURL ---> a_u_r_l
  • *
*/ LOWER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '_').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dash (-). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> some-field-name
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _some-field-name
  • *
  • aStringField ---> a-string-field
  • *
  • aURL ---> a-u-r-l
  • *
* Using dashes in JavaScript is not recommended since dash is also used for a minus sign in * expressions. This requires that a field named with dashes is always accessed as a quoted * property like {@code myobject['my-field']}. Accessing it as an object field * {@code myobject.my-field} will result in an unintended javascript expression. * @since 1.4 */ LOWER_CASE_WITH_DASHES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '-').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dot (.). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":

*
    *
  • someFieldName ---> some.field.name
  • *
  • _someFieldName ---> _some.field.name
  • *
  • aStringField ---> a.string.field
  • *
  • aURL ---> a.u.r.l
  • *
* Using dots in JavaScript is not recommended since dot is also used for a member sign in * expressions. This requires that a field named with dots is always accessed as a quoted * property like {@code myobject['my.field']}. Accessing it as an object field * {@code myobject.my.field} will result in an unintended javascript expression. * @since 2.8 */ LOWER_CASE_WITH_DOTS() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '.').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }; /** * Converts the field name that uses camel-case define word separation into * separate words that are separated by the provided {@code separator}. */ static String separateCamelCase(String name, char separator) { StringBuilder translation = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0, length = name.length(); i < length; i++) { char character = name.charAt(i); if (Character.isUpperCase(character) && translation.length() != 0) { translation.append(separator); } translation.append(character); } return translation.toString(); } /** * Ensures the JSON field names begins with an upper case letter. */ static String upperCaseFirstLetter(String s) { int length = s.length(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if (Character.isLetter(c)) { if (Character.isUpperCase(c)) { return s; } char uppercased = Character.toUpperCase(c); // For leading letter only need one substring if (i == 0) { return uppercased + s.substring(1); } else { return s.substring(0, i) + uppercased + s.substring(i + 1); } } } return s; } }




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