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/*
 * Copyright 2014 Adam Peck.
 *
 * 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.dampcake.gson.immutable;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;

/**
 * A {@link TypeAdapter} that transforms the object returned by a delegate {@link TypeAdapter}.
 * 
 * @author Adam Peck
 */
public abstract class DelegateAdapter<T> extends TypeAdapter<T> {

    private final TypeAdapter<T> delegate;

    /**
     * Create and set the delegate {@link TypeAdapter} to be used.
     * 
     * @param delegate the delegate {@link TypeAdapter}.
     */
    public DelegateAdapter(TypeAdapter<T> delegate) {
        this.delegate = delegate;
    }

    /**
     * @see TypeAdapter#write(JsonWriter, Object)
     */
    @Override
    public void write(JsonWriter writer, T t) throws IOException {
        delegate.write(writer, t);
    }

    /**
     * @see TypeAdapter#read(JsonReader)
     */
    @Override
    public T read(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
        T t = delegate.read(reader);

        if (t == null)
            return null;

        return transform(t);
    }

    /**
     * Override to transform default Gson de-serialized object.
     * 
     * @param t the converted Java object.
     * @return the transformed Java object.
     */
    protected abstract T transform(T t);
}