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package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedMember;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;

/**
 * Intermediate base class for serializers used for serializing
 * types that contain element(s) of other types, such as arrays,
 * {@link java.util.Collection}s (Lists, Sets
 * etc) and {@link java.util.Map}s and iterable things
 * ({@link java.util.Iterator}s).
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public abstract class ContainerSerializer
    extends StdSerializer
{
    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Construction, initialization
    /**********************************************************
     */

    protected ContainerSerializer(Class t) {
        super(t);
    }

    /**
     * @since 2.5
     */
    protected ContainerSerializer(JavaType fullType) {
        super(fullType);
    }
    
    /**
     * Alternate constructor that is (alas!) needed to work
     * around kinks of generic type handling
     * 
     * @param t
     */
    protected ContainerSerializer(Class t, boolean dummy) {
        super(t, dummy);
    }

    protected ContainerSerializer(ContainerSerializer src) {
        super(src._handledType, false);
    }
    
    /**
     * Factory(-like) method that can be used to construct a new container
     * serializer that uses specified {@link TypeSerializer} for decorating
     * contained values with additional type information.
     * 
     * @param vts Type serializer to use for contained values; can be null,
     *    in which case 'this' serializer is returned as is
     * @return Serializer instance that uses given type serializer for values if
     *    that is possible (or if not, just 'this' serializer)
     */
    public ContainerSerializer withValueTypeSerializer(TypeSerializer vts) {
        if (vts == null) return this;
        return _withValueTypeSerializer(vts);
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Extended API
    /**********************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Accessor for finding declared (static) element type for
     * type this serializer is used for.
     */
    public abstract JavaType getContentType();

    /**
     * Accessor for serializer used for serializing contents
     * (List and array elements, Map values etc) of the
     * container for which this serializer is used, if it is
     * known statically.
     * Note that for dynamic types this may return null; if so,
     * caller has to instead use {@link #getContentType()} and
     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider#findValueSerializer}.
     */
    public abstract JsonSerializer getContentSerializer();

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Abstract methods for sub-classes to implement
    /**********************************************************
     */

    /* Overridden as abstract, to force re-implementation; necessary for all
     * collection types.
     */
    @Override
    @Deprecated
    public boolean isEmpty(T value) {
        return isEmpty(null, value);
    }

    // since 2.5: should be declared abstract in future (2.6)
//    @Override
//    public abstract boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider prov, T value);

    /**
     * Method called to determine if the given value (of type handled by
     * this serializer) contains exactly one element.
     *

* Note: although it might seem sensible to instead define something * like "getElementCount()" method, this would not work well for * containers that do not keep track of size (like linked lists may * not). */ public abstract boolean hasSingleElement(T value); /** * Method that needs to be implemented to allow construction of a new * serializer object with given {@link TypeSerializer}, used when * addition type information is to be embedded. */ protected abstract ContainerSerializer _withValueTypeSerializer(TypeSerializer vts); /* /********************************************************** /* Helper methods for sub-types /********************************************************** */ /** * Helper method used to encapsulate logic for determining whether there is * a property annotation that overrides element type; if so, we can * and need to statically find the serializer. * * @since 2.1 */ protected boolean hasContentTypeAnnotation(SerializerProvider provider, BeanProperty property) { if (property != null) { AnnotationIntrospector intr = provider.getAnnotationIntrospector(); AnnotatedMember m = property.getMember(); if ((m != null) && (intr != null)) { if (intr.findSerializationContentType(m, property.getType()) != null) { return true; } } } return false; } }





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