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/* * Copyright 2014 Click Travel Ltd * * 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 com.clicktravel.cheddar.event; import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature; import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.JodaModule; public abstract class AbstractEvent implements Event { private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper(); static { MAPPER.configure(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false); MAPPER.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false); MAPPER.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false); MAPPER.registerModule(new JodaModule()); } @Override public abstract String type(); public static <T extends Event> T newEvent(final Class<T> eventClass, final String serializedEvent) { try { final T event = eventClass.newInstance(); event.deserializeAndApply(serializedEvent); return event; } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) { throw new IllegalStateException("Could not instantiate event " + eventClass.getName()); } } @Override public final String serialize() { try { return MAPPER.writeValueAsString(this); } catch (final Exception e) { throw new IllegalStateException("Could not serialize event: [" + this + "]", e); } } @Override public final void deserializeAndApply(final String serializedString) { try { final Event event = MAPPER.readValue(serializedString, getClass()); BeanUtils.copyProperties(event, this); } catch (final Exception e) { throw new IllegalStateException("Could not deserialize to event " + getClass().getName(), e); } } }