/* * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.google.gson; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.util.Locale; /** * An enumeration that defines a few standard naming conventions for JSON field names. This * enumeration should be used in conjunction with {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder} to configure a * {@link com.google.gson.Gson} instance to properly translate Java field names into the desired * JSON field names. * * @author Inderjeet Singh * @author Joel Leitch */ public enum FieldNamingPolicy implements FieldNamingStrategy { /** Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the field name is unchanged. */ IDENTITY() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return f.getName(); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java field name * is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form. * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

*/ UPPER_CAMEL_CASE() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return upperCaseFirstLetter(f.getName()); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java field name * is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form and the words will be separated by a space. * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

* * @since 1.4 */ UPPER_CAMEL_CASE_WITH_SPACES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return upperCaseFirstLetter(separateCamelCase(f.getName(), ' ')); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased form to * an upper case field name where each word is separated by an underscore (_). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

* * @since 2.9.0 */ UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '_').toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased form to * a lower case field name where each word is separated by an underscore (_). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

*/ LOWER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '_').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased form to * a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dash (-). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

* * Using dashes in JavaScript is not recommended since dash is also used for a minus sign in * expressions. This requires that a field named with dashes is always accessed as a quoted * property like {@code myobject['my-field']}. Accessing it as an object field {@code * myobject.my-field} will result in an unintended JavaScript expression. * * @since 1.4 */ LOWER_CASE_WITH_DASHES() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '-').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }, /** * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased form to * a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dot (.). * *

Here are a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name": * *

* * Using dots in JavaScript is not recommended since dot is also used for a member sign in * expressions. This requires that a field named with dots is always accessed as a quoted property * like {@code myobject['my.field']}. Accessing it as an object field {@code myobject.my.field} * will result in an unintended JavaScript expression. * * @since 2.8.4 */ LOWER_CASE_WITH_DOTS() { @Override public String translateName(Field f) { return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), '.').toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } }; /** * Converts the field name that uses camel-case define word separation into separate words that * are separated by the provided {@code separator}. */ static String separateCamelCase(String name, char separator) { StringBuilder translation = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0, length = name.length(); i < length; i++) { char character = name.charAt(i); if (Character.isUpperCase(character) && translation.length() != 0) { translation.append(separator); } translation.append(character); } return translation.toString(); } /** Ensures the JSON field names begins with an upper case letter. */ static String upperCaseFirstLetter(String s) { int length = s.length(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if (Character.isLetter(c)) { if (Character.isUpperCase(c)) { return s; } char uppercased = Character.toUpperCase(c); // For leading letter only need one substring if (i == 0) { return uppercased + s.substring(1); } else { return s.substring(0, i) + uppercased + s.substring(i + 1); } } } return s; } }