50 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
50 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
/*
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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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* Context for serialization that is passed to a custom serializer during invocation of its {@link
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* JsonSerializer#serialize(Object, Type, JsonSerializationContext)} method.
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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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public interface JsonSerializationContext {
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/**
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* Invokes default serialization on the specified object.
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*
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* @param src the object that needs to be serialized.
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* @return a tree of {@link JsonElement}s corresponding to the serialized form of {@code src}.
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*/
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public JsonElement serialize(Object src);
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/**
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* Invokes default serialization on the specified object passing the specific type information. It
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* should never be invoked on the element received as a parameter of the {@link
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* JsonSerializer#serialize(Object, Type, JsonSerializationContext)} method. Doing so will result
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* in an infinite loop since Gson will in-turn call the custom serializer again.
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*
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* @param src the object that needs to be serialized.
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* @param typeOfSrc the actual genericized type of src object.
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* @return a tree of {@link JsonElement}s corresponding to the serialized form of {@code src}.
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*/
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public JsonElement serialize(Object src, Type typeOfSrc);
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}
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