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package org.apache.tika.metadata.serialization;

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import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Arrays;

import org.apache.tika.metadata.Metadata;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;

/**
 * Serializer for Metadata
 * 
 * If overriding this, remember that this is called from a static context.
 * Share state only with great caution.
 *
 */
public class JsonMetadataSerializer implements JsonSerializer<Metadata> {

    /**
     * Serializes a Metadata object into effectively Map<String, String[]>.
     * 
     * @param metadata object to serialize
     * @param type (ignored)
     * @param context (ignored)
     * @return JsonElement with key/value(s) pairs or JsonNull if metadata is null.
     */
    @Override
    public JsonElement serialize(Metadata metadata, Type type, JsonSerializationContext context) {
        if (metadata == null) {
            return JsonNull.INSTANCE;
        }
        String[] names = getNames(metadata);
        if (names == null) {
            return JsonNull.INSTANCE;
        }

        JsonObject root = new JsonObject();

        for (String n : names) {

            String[] vals = metadata.getValues(n);
            if (vals == null) {
                //silently skip
                continue;
            }

            if (vals.length == 1) {
                root.addProperty(n, vals[0]);
            } else {
                JsonArray jArr = new JsonArray();
                for (int i = 0; i < vals.length; i++) {
                    jArr.add(new JsonPrimitive(vals[i]));
                }
                root.add(n, jArr);
            }
        }
        return root;
    }

    /**
     * Override to get a custom sort order
     * or to filter names.
     * 
     * @param metadata metadata from which to grab names
     * @return list of names in the order in which they should be serialized
     */
    protected String[] getNames(Metadata metadata) {
        String[] names = metadata.names();
        Arrays.sort(names);
        return names;
    }
}