com.pcloud.networking.serialization

Class Transformer

java.lang.Object

com.pcloud.networking.serialization.Transformer

public class Transformer
extends java.lang.Object

A factory like class which provides TypeAdapter objects

Provides TypeAdapter objects which can serialize/deserialize the binary data to/from objects or Map for network requests. Contains TypeAdapter objects for default java data types and accepts custom TypeAdapter and TypeAdapterFactory objects for user specific deserialization behaviour.

See Also:

TypeAdapter, TypeAdapterFactory

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Transformer.Builder Builds Transformer instances

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Transformer.Builder	create() Create an instance of a Transformer.Builder with which you can create the Transformer
<T> TypeAdapter<T>	getTypeAdapter(java.lang.Class<T> type) Provides a TypeAdapter object which can work with a given type of data
<T> TypeAdapter<T>	getTypeAdapter(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Provides a TypeAdapter for a given Type of data
Transformer.Builder	newBuilder() Create a new instance of the Transformer.Builder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

create

public static Transformer.Builder create()

Create an instance of a Transformer.Builder with which you can create the Transformer

Returns:

A Transformer.Builder instance

getTypeAdapter

public <T> TypeAdapter<T> getTypeAdapter(java.lang.Class<T> type)

Provides a TypeAdapter object which can work with a given type of data

Type Parameters:

T - The concrete java representation of the type of data

Parameters:

type - The type of data the adapter will be working with

Returns:

A TypeAdapter which can serialize/deserialize the data type provided as an argument

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if it is not possible to create an adapter for a given type

getTypeAdapter

public <T> TypeAdapter<T> getTypeAdapter(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Provides a TypeAdapter for a given Type of data

Type Parameters:

T - The concrete java representation of the data type

Parameters:

type - A Type representing the type of data

Returns:

A TypeAdapter which can serialize/deserialise the data type provided as an argument

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if it is not possible to create an adapter for a given type

newBuilder

public Transformer.Builder newBuilder()

Create a new instance of the Transformer.Builder

The new builder will inherit all the custom TypeAdapterFactory objects of the current Transformer

Returns:

A new Transformer.Builder instance