Class JacksonSerializer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializer

    public class JacksonSerializer
    extends Object
    implements Serializer
    Serializer implementation that uses Jackson to serialize objects into a JSON format. Although the Jackson serializer requires classes to be compatible with this specific serializer, it providers much more compact serialization, while still being human readable.
    Since:
    2.2
    Author:
    Allard Buijze
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      JacksonSerializer()
      Initialize the serializer with a default ObjectMapper instance.
      JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper)
      Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON.
      JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper, RevisionResolver revisionResolver)
      Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON.
      JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper, RevisionResolver revisionResolver, Converter converter)
      Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON.
      JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper, RevisionResolver revisionResolver, Converter converter, ClassLoader classLoader)
      Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON.
      JacksonSerializer​(RevisionResolver revisionResolver, Converter converter)
      Initialize the serializer using a default ObjectMapper instance, using the given revisionResolver to define revision for each object to serialize, and given converter to be used by upcasters.
    • Constructor Detail

      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer()
        Initialize the serializer with a default ObjectMapper instance. Revisions are resolved using @Revision annotations on the serialized classes.
      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper)
        Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON. This objectMapper allows for customization of the serialized form.
        Parameters:
        objectMapper - The objectMapper to serialize objects and parse JSON with
      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer​(RevisionResolver revisionResolver,
                                 Converter converter)
        Initialize the serializer using a default ObjectMapper instance, using the given revisionResolver to define revision for each object to serialize, and given converter to be used by upcasters.
        Parameters:
        revisionResolver - The strategy to use to resolve the revision of an object
        converter - The factory providing the converter instances for upcasters
      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper,
                                 RevisionResolver revisionResolver)
        Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON. This objectMapper allows for customization of the serialized form. The given revisionResolver is used to resolve the revision from an object to be serialized.
        Parameters:
        objectMapper - The objectMapper to serialize objects and parse JSON with
        revisionResolver - The strategy to use to resolve the revision of an object
      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper,
                                 RevisionResolver revisionResolver,
                                 Converter converter)
        Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON. This objectMapper allows for customization of the serialized form. The given revisionResolver is used to resolve the revision from an object to be serialized. The given converter is the converter factory used by upcasters to convert between content types.
        Parameters:
        objectMapper - The objectMapper to serialize objects and parse JSON with
        revisionResolver - The strategy to use to resolve the revision of an object
        converter - The factory providing the converter instances for upcasters
      • JacksonSerializer

        public JacksonSerializer​(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper,
                                 RevisionResolver revisionResolver,
                                 Converter converter,
                                 ClassLoader classLoader)
        Initialize the serializer with the given objectMapper to serialize and parse the objects to JSON. This objectMapper allows for customization of the serialized form. The given revisionResolver is used to resolve the revision from an object to be serialized. The given converter is the converter factory used by upcasters to convert between content types.
        Parameters:
        objectMapper - The objectMapper to serialize objects and parse JSON with
        revisionResolver - The strategy to use to resolve the revision of an object
        converter - The factory providing the converter instances for upcasters
        classLoader - The class loader to load classes with when deserializing
    • Method Detail

      • registerConverters

        protected void registerConverters​(ChainingConverter converter)
        Registers converters with the given converter which depend on the actual contents of the serialized for to represent a JSON format.
        Parameters:
        converter - The ChainingConverter instance to register the converters with.
      • serialize

        public <T> SerializedObject<T> serialize​(Object object,
                                                 Class<T> expectedRepresentation)
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Serialize the given object into a Serialized Object containing the given expectedRepresentation. Use Serializer.canSerializeTo(Class) to detect whether the expectedRepresentation is supported by this serializer.
        Specified by:
        serialize in interface Serializer
        Type Parameters:
        T - The expected data type representing the serialized object
        Parameters:
        object - The object to serialize
        expectedRepresentation - The expected data type representing the serialized object
        Returns:
        the instance representing the serialized object.
      • getObjectMapper

        public final com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper getObjectMapper()
        Returns the ObjectMapper used by this serializer, allowing for configuration of the serialization settings.
        Returns:
        the ObjectMapper instance used by his serializer
      • getWriter

        protected com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter getWriter()
        Provides the ObjectWriter, with which objects are serialized to JSON form. This method may be overridden to change the configuration of the writer to use.
        Returns:
        The writer to serialize objects with
      • getReader

        protected com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader getReader​(Class<?> type)
        Provides the ObjectReader, with which objects are read from the JSON form. This method may be overridden to change the configuration of the reader to use.
        Parameters:
        type - The type of object to create a reader for
        Returns:
        The writer to serialize objects with
      • canSerializeTo

        public <T> boolean canSerializeTo​(Class<T> expectedRepresentation)
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Indicates whether this Serializer is capable of serializing to the given expectedRepresentation. When true, this does *not* guarantee that the serialization and (optional) conversion will also succeed when executed. For example, when a serializer produces a byte[] containing JSON, trying to convert to a Dom4J Document will fail, even though this serializer has a converter to convert byte[] to Dom4J instances.
        Specified by:
        canSerializeTo in interface Serializer
        Type Parameters:
        T - The type of data a Serialized Object should contain
        Parameters:
        expectedRepresentation - The type of data a Serialized Object should contain
        Returns:
        true if the expectedRepresentation is supported, otherwise false.
      • deserialize

        public <S,​T> T deserialize​(SerializedObject<S> serializedObject)
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Deserializes the first object read from the given bytes. The bytes are not consumed from the array or modified in any way. The resulting object instance is cast to the expected type.
        Specified by:
        deserialize in interface Serializer
        Type Parameters:
        S - The data type of the serialized object
        T - The expected deserialized type
        Parameters:
        serializedObject - the instance describing the type of object and the bytes providing the serialized data
        Returns:
        the serialized object, cast to the expected type
      • classForType

        public Class classForType​(SerializedType type)
                           throws UnknownSerializedTypeException
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Returns the class for the given type identifier. The result of this method must guarantee that the deserialized SerializedObject with the given type is an instance of the returned Class. If a class cannot be resolved (i.e. because the class is not available on this JVM's classpath) this method throws UnknownSerializedTypeException.
        Specified by:
        classForType in interface Serializer
        Parameters:
        type - The type identifier of the object
        Returns:
        the Class representing the type of the serialized Object
        Throws:
        UnknownSerializedTypeException - if the type cannot be resolved to a class
      • resolveClassName

        protected String resolveClassName​(SerializedType serializedType)
        Resolve the class name from the given serializedType. This method may be overridden to customize the names used to denote certain classes, for example, by leaving out a certain base package for brevity.
        Parameters:
        serializedType - The serialized type to resolve the class name for
        Returns:
        The fully qualified name of the class to load
      • typeForClass

        public SerializedType typeForClass​(Class type)
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Returns the type identifier for the given class. This is the type identifier of the Serialized object as returned by Serializer.serialize(Object, Class).
        Specified by:
        typeForClass in interface Serializer
        Parameters:
        type - Class representing the type of the serializable Object.
        Returns:
        The type identifier of the object
      • getConverter

        public Converter getConverter()
        Description copied from interface: Serializer
        Returns the Converter used by this Serializer to convert between serialized representations. Generally, this Converter depends on the type of data the serializer serializes to.
        Specified by:
        getConverter in interface Serializer
        Returns:
        the converter used by this Serializer
      • getRevisionResolver

        protected RevisionResolver getRevisionResolver()
        Returns the revision resolver used by this serializer.
        Returns:
        the revision resolver