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Interface IObjectSerialDeserial<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

GsonObjectSerialDeserial, JacksonObjectSerialDeserial

public interface IObjectSerialDeserial<T>

General interface to implement object serializers/deserializers.

Author:

andrea del bene

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<E> E	deserializeObject(T source, Class<E> targetClass, String mimeType) Extract an object instance from a given source object.
T	serializeObject(Object target, String mimeType) Returns a given representation of the target object.

Method Detail

serializeObject

T serializeObject(Object target,
                String mimeType)

Returns a given representation of the target object.

Parameters:

targetObject - the object to convert to the given format.

mimeType - the target MIME type.

Returns:

the representation of the object.

deserializeObject

<E> E deserializeObject(T source,
                      Class<E> targetClass,
                      String mimeType)

Extract an object instance from a given source object.

Type Parameters:

T - the source object type.

Parameters:

source - the source object.

targetClass - the type of the returned object.

mimeType - the target MIME type.

Returns:

the extracted object.