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/* * Copyright 2012 - 2016 Splice Machine, 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.splicemachine.derby.ddl; import com.google.gson.*; import java.lang.reflect.Type; /** * Custom gson serializer for interface * * @author jyuan */ public class InterfaceSerializer<T> implements JsonSerializer<T>, JsonDeserializer<T> { @Override public JsonElement serialize(T object, Type interfaceType, JsonSerializationContext context) { final JsonObject wrapper = new JsonObject(); wrapper.addProperty("type", object.getClass().getName()); wrapper.add("data", context.serialize(object)); return wrapper; } @Override public T deserialize(JsonElement elem, Type interfaceType, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { final JsonObject wrapper = (JsonObject) elem; final JsonElement typeName = get(wrapper, "type"); final JsonElement data = get(wrapper, "data"); final Type actualType = typeForName(typeName); return context.deserialize(data, actualType); } private Type typeForName(final JsonElement typeElem) { try { return Class.forName(typeElem.getAsString()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { throw new JsonParseException(e); } } private JsonElement get(final JsonObject wrapper, String memberName) { final JsonElement elem = wrapper.get(memberName); if (elem == null) throw new JsonParseException( "no '" + memberName + "' member found in what was expected to be an interface wrapper"); return elem; } }