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/* Jackson JSON-processor.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007- Tatu Saloranta, [email protected]
 */

package com.fasterxml.jackson.core;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.ResolvedType;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;

/**
 * Abstract class that defines the interface that {@link JsonParser} and
 * {@link JsonGenerator} use to serialize and deserialize regular
 * Java objects (POJOs aka Beans).
 *

* The standard implementation of this class is * com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper, * defined in the "jackson-databind". */ public abstract class ObjectCodec extends TreeCodec // since 2.3 implements Versioned // since 2.3 { protected ObjectCodec() { } // Since 2.3: need baseline implementation to avoid backwards compatibility @Override public Version version() { return Version.unknownVersion(); } /* /********************************************************** /* API for de-serialization (JSON-to-Object) /********************************************************** */ /** * Method to deserialize JSON content into a non-container * type (it can be an array type, however): typically a bean, array * or a wrapper type (like {@link java.lang.Boolean}). *

* Note: this method should NOT be used if the result type is a * container ({@link java.util.Collection} or {@link java.util.Map}. * The reason is that due to type erasure, key and value types * can not be introspected when using this method. */ public abstract T readValue(JsonParser jp, Class valueType) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method to deserialize JSON content into a Java type, reference * to which is passed as argument. Type is passed using so-called * "super type token" * and specifically needs to be used if the root type is a * parameterized (generic) container type. */ public abstract T readValue(JsonParser jp, TypeReference valueTypeRef) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method to deserialize JSON content into a POJO, type specified * with fully resolved type object (so it can be a generic type, * including containers like {@link java.util.Collection} and * {@link java.util.Map}). */ public abstract T readValue(JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, * all with same specified value type. */ public abstract Iterator readValues(JsonParser jp, Class valueType) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, * all with same specified value type. */ public abstract Iterator readValues(JsonParser jp, TypeReference valueTypeRef) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, * all with same specified value type. */ public abstract Iterator readValues(JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /* /********************************************************** /* API for serialization (Object-to-JSON) /********************************************************** */ /** * Method to serialize given Java Object, using generator * provided. */ public abstract void writeValue(JsonGenerator jgen, Object value) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /* /********************************************************** /* TreeCodec pass-through methods /********************************************************** */ /** * Method to deserialize JSON content as tree expressed * using set of {@link TreeNode} instances. Returns * root of the resulting tree (where root can consist * of just a single node if the current event is a * value event, not container). */ @Override public abstract T readTree(JsonParser jp) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; @Override public abstract void writeTree(JsonGenerator jg, TreeNode tree) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException; /** * Method for construct root level Object nodes * for Tree Model instances. */ @Override public abstract TreeNode createObjectNode(); /** * Method for construct root level Array nodes * for Tree Model instances. */ @Override public abstract TreeNode createArrayNode(); /** * Method for constructing a {@link JsonParser} for reading * contents of a JSON tree, as if it was external serialized * JSON content. */ @Override public abstract JsonParser treeAsTokens(TreeNode n); /* /********************************************************** /* Extended tree conversions beyond TreeCodec /********************************************************** */ /** * Convenience method for converting given JSON tree into instance of specified * value type. This is equivalent to first constructing a {@link JsonParser} to * iterate over contents of the tree, and using that parser for data binding. */ public abstract T treeToValue(TreeNode n, Class valueType) throws JsonProcessingException; /* /********************************************************** /* Basic accessors /********************************************************** */ /** * @deprecated Since 2.1: Use {@link #getFactory} instead. */ @Deprecated public JsonFactory getJsonFactory() { return getFactory(); } /** * Accessor for finding underlying data format factory * ({@link JsonFactory}) codec will use for data binding. * * @since 2.1 */ public JsonFactory getFactory() { return getJsonFactory(); } }





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