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/** * Copyright 2016 Samebug, 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.samebug.clients.search.api.json; import com.google.gson.*; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.util.Map; class AbstractObjectAdapter<T> implements JsonDeserializer<T> { @Override public T deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { if (json == null) return null; else { JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject(); JsonElement typeFieldValue = jsonObject.get(typeField); if (typeFieldValue == null) throw new JsonParseException( "Cannot serialize " + typeOfT + " because the type field" + typeField + " is missing"); else { String type = jsonObject.get(typeField).getAsString(); for (Map.Entry<String, Class<? extends T>> entry : typeClasses.entrySet()) { if (entry.getKey().equals(type)) return context.deserialize(jsonObject, entry.getValue()); } throw new JsonParseException("Cannot serialize an abstract " + typeOfT + " with the type " + type); } } } protected String typeField = "type"; protected Map<String, Class<? extends T>> typeClasses; }