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package com.backendless.persistence;

import com.backendless.Backendless;
import com.backendless.BackendlessUser;
import com.backendless.FootprintsManager;
import com.backendless.Persistence;
import com.backendless.exceptions.BackendlessException;
import com.backendless.exceptions.ExceptionMessage;
import com.backendless.geo.GeoPoint;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * Handles object to Map serialization for Backendless services.
 */
public class BackendlessSerializer
{
  /**
   * Serializes Object to Map using WebOrb's serializer.
   *
   * @param entity object to be serialized
   * @return Map corresponding to given Object
   */
  public static Map serializeToMap( Object entity )
  {
    return (Map) serializeToMap( entity, new HashMap>(  ) );
  }


  private static Object serializeToMap( Object entity,  Map> serializedCache )
  {
    if(entity.getClass().isArray())
    {
      return serializeArray( entity, serializedCache );
    }

    if( entity.getClass().isEnum() )
    {
      return ((Enum) entity).name();
    }

    Map serializedEntity = new HashMap();

    if( entity.getClass() == BackendlessUser.class )
    {
      serializedEntity = ((BackendlessUser) entity).getProperties();
    }
    else
    {
      weborb.util.ObjectInspector.getObjectProperties( entity.getClass(), entity, (HashMap) serializedEntity, new ArrayList(), true, true );
    }

    serializedCache.put( entity, serializedEntity );

    FootprintsManager.getInstance().Inner.putMissingPropsToEntityMap( entity, serializedEntity );

    //put ___class field, otherwise server will not be able to detect class
    serializedEntity.put( Persistence.REST_CLASS_FIELD, Persistence.getSimpleName( entity.getClass() ) );

    //recursively serialize object properties
    Iterator> entityIterator = serializedEntity.entrySet().iterator();
    while( entityIterator.hasNext() )
    {
      Map.Entry entityEntry = entityIterator.next();

      // ignore Parcelable CREATOR field on Android
      // http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Parcelable.html
      if( Backendless.isAndroid() && entityEntry.getKey().equals( Persistence.PARCELABLE_CREATOR_FIELD_NAME ) )
      {
        entityIterator.remove();
        continue;
      }

      Object entityEntryValue = entityEntry.getValue();

      // ignore null entries and GeoPoints
      if( entityEntryValue == null || entityEntryValue instanceof GeoPoint )
      {
        continue;
      }

      // check for anonymous class entry
      if( entityEntryValue.getClass().isAnonymousClass() )
      {
        throw new BackendlessException( String.format( ExceptionMessage.ANONYMOUS_CLASSES_PROHIBITED, entityEntry.getKey() ) );
      }

      //check if entity entry is collection
      if( entityEntryValue instanceof List )
      {
        List listEntry = (List) entityEntryValue;

        //do nothing with empty lists and lists of GeoPoints
        if( listEntry.isEmpty() || listEntry.iterator().next() instanceof GeoPoint )
        {
          continue;
        }

        // check for anonymous class entry
        if( listEntry.iterator().next().getClass().isAnonymousClass() )
        {
          throw new BackendlessException( String.format( ExceptionMessage.ANONYMOUS_CLASSES_PROHIBITED, entityEntry.getKey() ) );
        }

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