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package co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.util.json;

import java.util.Calendar;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;

import co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.model.Message;
import co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.model.MessageCallback;
import co.aurasphere.botmill.kik.model.MessageType;

/**
 * Utility class for handling JSON serialization and deserialization.
 * 
 * @author Alvin P. Reyes
 * 
 */
public class JsonUtils {

    /**
     * Gson which handles the JSON conversion.
     */
    private static Gson gson;

    /**
     * Initializes the current Gson object if null and returns it. The Gson
     * object has custom adapters to manage datatypes according to Facebook
     * formats.
     * 
     * @return the current instance of Gson.
     */
    public static Gson getGson() {
        if (gson == null) {
            // Creates the Gson object which will manage the information
            // received
            GsonBuilder builder = new GsonBuilder();
            // Serializes enums as lower-case.
            builder.registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Enum.class, new EnumLowercaseSerializer());

            builder.registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(MessageCallback.class, new IncomingMessagesDeserializer());
            //   EnumDeserializer
            builder.registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Calendar.class, new CalendarSerializer());

            gson = builder.create();
        }
        return gson;
    }

    /**
     * From json.
     *
     * @param <T>
     *            the generic type
     * @param json
     *            the string from which the object is to be deserialized.
     * @param T
     *            the type of the desired object.
     * @return an object of type T from the string. Returns null if json is
     *         null.
     * @see Gson#fromJson(String, Class)
     */
    public static <T> T fromJson(String json, Class<T> T) {
        return getGson().fromJson(json, T);
    }

    /**
     * To json.
     *
     * @param src
     *            the object for which Json representation is to be created
     *            setting for Gson .
     * @return Json representation of src.
     * @see Gson#toJson(Object)
     */
    public static String toJson(Object src) {
        return getGson().toJson(src);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the type.
     *
     * @param json the json
     * @return the type
     */
    public static MessageType getType(String json) {
        Message message = getGson().fromJson(json, Message.class);
        return message.getType();

    }

}