src/main/java/org/apache/pirk/serialization/JsonSerializer.java

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package org.apache.pirk.serialization;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

public class JsonSerializer extends SerializationService
{
  private ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

  /**
   * Stores the given object on the output stream as JSON.
   *
   * @param outputStream
   *          The stream on which to store the object.
   * @param obj
   *          The object to be stored.
   * @throws IOException
   *           If a problem occurs storing the object on the given stream.
   */
  @Override
  public void write(OutputStream outputStream, Storable obj) throws IOException
  {
    objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(outputStream, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Read a JSON string from the given input stream and returns the Object representation.
   *
   * @param inputStream
   *          The stream from which to read the object.
   * @param classType
   *          The type of object being retrieved.
   * @throws IOException
   *           If a problem occurs reading the object from the stream.
   */
  @Override
  public <T> T read(InputStream inputStream, Class<T> classType) throws IOException
  {
    return objectMapper.readValue(inputStream, classType);
  }

}