| /* |
| * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2016). All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * 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 org.apache.felix.serializer; |
| |
| import java.lang.reflect.Type; |
| |
| import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType; |
| import org.osgi.util.converter.TypeReference; |
| |
| /** |
| * The Codec service can be used to encode a given object in a certain |
| * representation, for example JSON, YAML or XML. The Codec service can also |
| * decode the representation it produced. A single Codec service can |
| * encode/decode only a single format. To support multiple encoding formats |
| * register multiple services. |
| * |
| * @author $Id$ |
| * @ThreadSafe |
| */ |
| @ProviderType |
| public interface Serializer { |
| /** |
| * Start specifying a decode operation. |
| * |
| * @param <T> The type to decode to. |
| * @param cls The class to decode to. |
| * @return A {@link Deserializing} object to specify the source for the |
| * decode operation. |
| */ |
| <T> Deserializing<T> deserialize(Class<T> cls); |
| |
| /** |
| * Start specifying a decode operation. |
| * |
| * @param <T> The type to decode to. |
| * @param ref A type reference for the target type. |
| * @return A {@link Deserializing} object to specify the source for the |
| * decode operation. |
| */ |
| <T> Deserializing<T> deserialize(TypeReference<T> ref); |
| |
| /** |
| * Start specifying a decode operation. |
| * |
| * @param type The type to convert to. |
| * @return A {@link Deserializing} object to specify the source for the |
| * decode operation. |
| */ |
| Deserializing< ? > deserialize(Type type); |
| |
| /** |
| * Start specifying an encode operation. |
| * |
| * @param obj The object to encode. |
| * @return an Encoding object to specify the target for the decode |
| * operation. |
| */ |
| Serializing serialize(Object obj); |
| |
| /** |
| * A convenience means of obtaining a JsonSerializer without having to |
| * configure service settings. |
| */ |
| static interface JsonSerializer extends Serializer {} |
| |
| /** |
| * A convenience means of obtaining a YamlWriterFactory without having to |
| * configure service settings. |
| */ |
| static interface YamlSerializer extends Serializer {} |
| } |