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/* * Copyright (c) 2015 Google, Inc. * * 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.google.devtools.moe.client.gson; import com.google.gson.Gson; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonObject; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; /** * Utilities shared by database-related gson objects. */ public final class GsonUtil { /** A Gson parser used specifically for cloning Gson-ready objects */ private static final Gson CLONER = new Gson(); @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Type is assured by gson's context.deserialize method. public static <T> T getPropertyOrLegacy(JsonDeserializationContext context, Class<T> type, JsonElement json, String elementName, String legacyName) { JsonObject obj = json.getAsJsonObject(); JsonElement element = obj.get(legacyName); if (element == null) { element = obj.get(elementName); } if (element == null) { throw new JsonParseException(type.getSimpleName() + " is missing a " + elementName); } return (T) context.deserialize(element, type); } /** * Does a simple clone of a Gson-ready object, by marshalling into a Json intermediary and * processing into a new object. This is not in any way efficient, but it guarantees the correct * cloning semantics. It should not be used in tight loops where performance is a concern. */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T> T cloneGsonObject(T t) { return (T) CLONER.fromJson(CLONER.toJsonTree(t), t.getClass()); } private GsonUtil() { } }