Package com.cedarsoftware.io

Class MapResolver

java.lang.Object
com.cedarsoftware.io.Resolver
com.cedarsoftware.io.MapResolver
public class MapResolver extends Resolver

The MapResolver converts the raw Maps created from the JsonParser to higher quality Maps representing the implied object graph. It does this by replacing @ref values with the Map indicated by the @id key with the same value.

This approach 'wires' the original object graph. During the resolution process, if 'peer' classes can be found for given Maps (for example, an @type entry is available which indicates the class that would have been associated to the Map, then the associated class is consulted to help 'improve' the quality of the primitive values within the map fields. For example, if the peer class indicated that a field was of type 'short', and the Map had a long value (JSON only returns long's for integer types), then the long would be converted to a short.

The final Map representation is a very high-quality graph that represents the original JSON graph. It can be passed as input to JsonWriter, and the JsonWriter will write out the equivalent JSON to what was originally read. This technique allows json-io to be used on a machine that does not have any of the Java classes from the original graph, read it in a JSON graph (any JSON graph), return the equivalent maps, allow mutations of those maps, and finally this graph can be written out.

Author:
John DeRegnaucourt ([email protected])
Copyright (c) Cedar Software LLC

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License

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  • Constructor Details

    • MapResolver

      protected MapResolver(ReadOptions readOptions, ReferenceTracker references, com.cedarsoftware.util.convert.Converter converter)

  • Method Details

    • readWithFactoryIfExists

      protected Object readWithFactoryIfExists(Object o, Type compType)
      Specified by:
      readWithFactoryIfExists in class Resolver

    • traverseFields

      public void traverseFields(JsonObject jsonObj)
      Walk the JsonObject fields and perform necessary substitutions so that all references matched up. This code patches @ref and @id pairings up, in the 'Map of Map' mode. Where the JSON may contain an '@id' of an object which can have more than one @ref to it, this code will make sure that each '@ref' (value side of the Map associated to a given field name) will be pointer to the appropriate Map instance.
      Specified by:
      traverseFields in class Resolver
      Parameters:
      jsonObj - a Map-of-Map representation of the current object being examined (containing all fields).

    • traverseArray

      protected void traverseArray(JsonObject jsonObj)
      Specified by:
      traverseArray in class Resolver

    • traverseCollection

      protected void traverseCollection(JsonObject jsonObj)
      Traverse a JsonObject representing a collection (array) and deserialize its elements.
      Specified by:
      traverseCollection in class Resolver
      Parameters:
      jsonObj - The JsonObject representing the collection.

    • resolveArray

      protected Object resolveArray(Type suggestedType, List<Object> list)
      Specified by:
      resolveArray in class Resolver