47 lines
1.4 KiB
Java
47 lines
1.4 KiB
Java
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/*
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* Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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package com.google.gson;
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import java.lang.reflect.Type;
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/**
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* Defines a generic object construction factory. The purpose of this class
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* is to construct a default instance of a class that can be used for object
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* navigation while deserialization from its JSON representation.
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*
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* @author Inderjeet Singh
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* @author Joel Leitch
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*/
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interface ObjectConstructor {
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/**
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* Creates a new instance of the given type.
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*
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* @param typeOfT the class type that should be instantiated
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* @return a default instance of the provided class.
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*/
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public <T> T construct(Type typeOfT);
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/**
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* Constructs an array type of the provided length.
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*
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* @param typeOfArrayElements type of objects in the array
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* @param length size of the array
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* @return new array of size length
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*/
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public Object constructArray(Type typeOfArrayElements, int length);
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}
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