edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.rest.json

Interface JsonConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultJsonConverter, XstreamJsonConverter

public interface JsonConverter

convert objects to json and back. The implementation does not need to log things, they will be logged in the caller

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	convertFromJson(java.lang.String json, java.lang.StringBuilder warnings) convert a json string to an object.
java.lang.String	convertToJson(java.lang.Object object) convert an object to json.
void	convertToJson(java.lang.Object object, java.io.Writer writer) convert an object to json.

Method Detail

convertToJson

java.lang.String convertToJson(java.lang.Object object)

convert an object to json. Note, there are only certian aliases which are allowed to be converted from json, so make sure to marshal the container object name somewhere (e.g. in the top level json object)

Parameters:

object -

Returns:

the json

convertToJson

void convertToJson(java.lang.Object object,
                   java.io.Writer writer)

convert an object to json. Note, there are only certian aliases which are allowed to be converted from json, so make sure to marshal the container object name somewhere (e.g. in the top level json object)

Parameters:

object - to convert to json

writer - write the json here

convertFromJson

java.lang.Object convertFromJson(java.lang.String json,
                                 java.lang.StringBuilder warnings)

convert a json string to an object. note that only certain object are allowed to be marshaled from json, the aliases in WsRestClassLookup.getAliasClassMap()

Parameters:

json -

warnings - put warnings here

Returns:

the object