Java tutorial
package data; // adapted from https://github.com/google/gson/blob/master/extras/src/main/java/com/google/gson/typeadapters/RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory.java /* * Copyright (C) 2011 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. */ //@@author A0126077E import com.google.gson.*; import com.google.gson.internal.Streams; import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken; import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader; import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; public final class RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> implements TypeAdapterFactory { private final Class<?> baseType; private final String typeFieldName; private final Map<String, Class<?>> labelToSubtype = new LinkedHashMap<String, Class<?>>(); private final Map<Class<?>, String> subtypeToLabel = new LinkedHashMap<Class<?>, String>(); private RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory(Class<?> baseType, String typeFieldName) { if (typeFieldName == null || baseType == null) throw new NullPointerException(); this.baseType = baseType; this.typeFieldName = typeFieldName; } public static <T> RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> of(Class<T> baseType, String typeFieldName) { return new RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T>(baseType, typeFieldName); } public static <T> RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> of(Class<T> baseType) { return new RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T>(baseType, "type"); } public RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> registerSubtype(Class<? extends T> type, String label) { if (type == null || label == null) throw new NullPointerException(); if (subtypeToLabel.containsKey(type) || labelToSubtype.containsKey(label)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("types and labels must be unique"); labelToSubtype.put(label, type); subtypeToLabel.put(type, label); return this; } public RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> registerSubtype(Class<? extends T> type) { return registerSubtype(type, type.getSimpleName()); } public <R> TypeAdapter<R> create(Gson g, TypeToken<R> type) { if (type == null || !baseType.isAssignableFrom(type.getRawType())) return null; final Map<String, TypeAdapter<?>> labelToDelegate = new LinkedHashMap<String, TypeAdapter<?>>(); final Map<Class<?>, TypeAdapter<?>> subtypeToDelegate = new LinkedHashMap<Class<?>, TypeAdapter<?>>(); for (Map.Entry<String, Class<?>> entry : labelToSubtype.entrySet()) { TypeAdapter<?> delegate = g.getDelegateAdapter(this, TypeToken.get(entry.getValue())); labelToDelegate.put(entry.getKey(), delegate); subtypeToDelegate.put(entry.getValue(), delegate); } return new TypeAdapter<R>() { @Override public R read(JsonReader in) throws IOException { JsonElement jsonElement = Streams.parse(in); JsonElement labelJsonElement = jsonElement.getAsJsonObject().remove(typeFieldName); if (labelJsonElement == null) throw new JsonParseException("cannot deserialize " + baseType + " because it does not define a field named " + typeFieldName); String label = labelJsonElement.getAsString(); @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // registration requires that subtype extends T TypeAdapter<R> delegate = (TypeAdapter<R>) labelToDelegate.get(label); if (delegate == null) throw new JsonParseException("cannot deserialize " + baseType + " subtype named " + label + "; did you forget to register a subtype?"); return delegate.fromJsonTree(jsonElement); } @Override public void write(JsonWriter out, R value) throws IOException { Class<?> srcType = value.getClass(); String label = subtypeToLabel.get(srcType); @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // registration requires that subtype extends T TypeAdapter<R> delegate = (TypeAdapter<R>) subtypeToDelegate.get(srcType); if (delegate == null) throw new JsonParseException( "cannot serialize " + srcType.getName() + "; did you forget to register a subtype?"); JsonObject jsonObject = delegate.toJsonTree(value).getAsJsonObject(); if (jsonObject.has(typeFieldName)) throw new JsonParseException("cannot serialize " + srcType.getName() + " because it already defines a field named " + typeFieldName); JsonObject clone = new JsonObject(); clone.add(typeFieldName, new JsonPrimitive(label)); for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> e : jsonObject.entrySet()) clone.add(e.getKey(), e.getValue()); Streams.write(clone, out); } }.nullSafe(); } }