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/** License GPLv3: GNU GPL Version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package ca.cmput301w14t09.elasticSearch; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.util.Base64; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer; /** * This code was borrowed from @zjullion to aid in being able to serialize bitmap pictures. * Provides custom base64 serialization / deserialization for Bitmaps. * Algorithm taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9224056/android-bitmap-to-base64-string * @author zjullion, ssowemim */ /** * * JsonBitmapConverter takes a bitmap and converts it into json * */ public class JsonBitmapConverter implements JsonDeserializer<Bitmap>, JsonSerializer<Bitmap> { public static void main(String[] args) { } /** * serialize turns a bitmap into a Json primivite type */ @Override public JsonElement serialize(Bitmap src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) { ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); src.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 80, stream); String base64Encoded = Base64.encodeToString(stream.toByteArray(), Base64.NO_WRAP); return new JsonPrimitive(base64Encoded); } /** * deserialize turns a Json primitive into a bitmap */ @Override public Bitmap deserialize(JsonElement src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { String base64Encoded = src.getAsJsonPrimitive().getAsString(); byte[] data = Base64.decode(base64Encoded, Base64.NO_WRAP); return BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length); } }