io.restassured.mapper

Interface ObjectMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

GsonMapper, Jackson1Mapper, Jackson2Mapper, JaxbMapper

public interface ObjectMapper

An object mapper is used to serialize and deserialize a Java object to and from a String, byte[] or InputStream. REST Assured provides mappers for XML and JSON out of the box (see ObjectMapperType) but you can implement this interface to roll your own mapper implementations for custom formats.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	deserialize(ObjectMapperDeserializationContext context) Deserialize a response to a Java object
Object	serialize(ObjectMapperSerializationContext context) Serialize a request to an object (String, InputStream or byte[]) that'll be used as the request body.

Method Detail

deserialize

Object deserialize(ObjectMapperDeserializationContext context)

Deserialize a response to a Java object

Parameters:

context - The details needed to convert the response to a Java object

Returns:

A Java object

serialize

Object serialize(ObjectMapperSerializationContext context)

Serialize a request to an object (String, InputStream or byte[]) that'll be used as the request body.

Parameters:

context - The details needed to convert the request from a Java object to a object

Returns:

A serialized representation of the Java object (String, InputStream or byte[]).