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package org.cometd.common;

import java.io.Reader;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.List;
import org.cometd.bayeux.Message;

/**
 * Abstraction for JSON parsing and generation.
 *
 * @param  the type of message
 */
public interface JSONContext {
    /**
     * Parses an array of messages from the given string.
     *
     * @param json the JSON string to parse from
     * @return an array of messages
     * @throws ParseException in case of parsing errors
     */
    public List parse(String json) throws ParseException;

    /**
     * @return a new {@link AsyncParser} instance, or null if non-blocking parsing is not supported
     */
    public default AsyncParser newAsyncParser() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Converts a single message to a JSON string.
     *
     * @param message the message to stringify
     * @return the JSON string for the message
     */
    public String generate(T message);

    /**
     * @return a synchronous JSON parser to parse any JSON string
     */
    public Parser getParser();

    /**
     * @return a JSON generator to stringify any object to a JSON string
     */
    public Generator getGenerator();

    /**
     * Client specific {@link JSONContext} that binds to {@link Message.Mutable}.
     */
    public interface Client extends JSONContext {
    }

    /**
     * A blocking JSON parser.
     */
    public interface Parser {
        /**
         * Parses a JSON string from the given reader.
         *
         * @param reader the reader to parse from
         * @param type   the type to cast the result to
         * @param     the type of the result
         * @return the result of the JSON parsing
         * @throws ParseException if the JSON is malformed
         */
        public  R parse(Reader reader, Class type) throws ParseException;
    }

    /**
     * A non-blocking JSON parser.
     */
    public interface AsyncParser {
        /**
         * @param buffer the buffer chunk to parse
         */
        public void parse(ByteBuffer buffer);

        /**
         * Signals the end of the JSON string content to this parser and returns the parsed object.
         *
         * @param  the type to cast the result to
         * @return the result of the JSON parsing
         */
        public  R complete();
    }

    /**
     * A JSON stringifier.
     */
    public interface Generator {
        /**
         * @param object the object to stringify
         * @return the JSON string representing the object
         */
        public String generate(Object object);
    }
}