com.atlassian.marshalling.gson

Class ClassAwareGsonMarshalling<T>

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.marshalling.gson.BaseGsonMarshalling<T>

com.atlassian.marshalling.gson.ClassAwareGsonMarshalling<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type being marshalled

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.atlassian.marshalling.api.Marshaller<T>, com.atlassian.marshalling.api.Unmarshaller<T>

public class ClassAwareGsonMarshalling<T>
extends BaseGsonMarshalling<T>

A Marshalling implementation that uses Gson and adds a Class metadata element using ClassPropertyBasedJsonSerializer. Note that you cannot provide your own Gson instance to this class as it relies on intercepting the default type parsing to add the custom class metadata element

Since:

1.0.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <TT> ClassAwareGsonMarshalling<TT>	ForAbstractClassOrInterface(Type type) A convenience factory for producing a marshaller that works with abstract classes and interfaces.
static <T> com.atlassian.marshalling.api.MarshallingPair<T>	pair(Type type) Returns a MarshallingPair for the given class.

Methods inherited from class com.atlassian.marshalling.gson.BaseGsonMarshalling

getGson, getTypeToken, marshallToBytes, unmarshallFrom

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

ForAbstractClassOrInterface

public static <TT> ClassAwareGsonMarshalling<TT> ForAbstractClassOrInterface(Type type)

A convenience factory for producing a marshaller that works with abstract classes and interfaces. The runtime type of the object will be included in the serialized representation so that this information can be use when it is deserialized.

Type Parameters:

TT - The type of the returned Marshaller

Parameters:

type - The type that will be marshalled

Returns:

A Marshaller instance that will handle abstract classes and interfaces

pair

public static <T> com.atlassian.marshalling.api.MarshallingPair<T> pair(Type type)

Returns a MarshallingPair for the given class. The runtime type of the object will be included in the serialized representation so that this information can be used when it is deserialized.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the returned MarshallingPair

Parameters:

type - The type that will be marshalled

Returns:

A marshalling pair that can marshall and unmarshall the supplied class