Package de.iip_ecosphere.platform.transport.serialization

Class TypeTranslators

java.lang.Object

de.iip_ecosphere.platform.transport.serialization.TypeTranslators

public class TypeTranslators
extends Object

Defines a set of type translators for primitive types.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger, SSE

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final TypeTranslator<String,byte[]>	BASE64_TO_BYTEARRAY	String to byte[] translator via base64 encoding.
static final TypeTranslator<String,Boolean>	BOOLEAN	Turns a Boolean into a String and back.
static final TypeTranslator<byte[],String>	BYTEARRAY_TO_BASE64	byte[] to String translator via base64 encoding.
static final TypeTranslator<String,Double>	DOUBLE	Turns a Double into a String and back.
static final TypeTranslator<String,Integer>	INTEGER	Turns an Integer into a String and back.
static final TypeTranslator<String,String>	JSON_STRING	Turns a string into a quoted string and back.
static final TypeTranslator<String,Long>	LONG	Turns a Long into a String and back.
static final TypeTranslator<String,String>	STRING	Identity transformation for strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeTranslators()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Serializer<?>	createSerializer(ClassLoader loader, String className)	Convenience method for creating (custom) serializer instances.
static TypeTranslator<?,?>	createTypeTranslator(ClassLoader loader, String className)	Convenience method for creating (custom) type translator instances.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

STRING

public static final TypeTranslator<String,String> STRING

Identity transformation for strings.

JSON_STRING

public static final TypeTranslator<String,String> JSON_STRING

Turns a string into a quoted string and back.

INTEGER

public static final TypeTranslator<String,Integer> INTEGER

Turns an Integer into a String and back.

LONG

public static final TypeTranslator<String,Long> LONG

Turns a Long into a String and back.

BOOLEAN

public static final TypeTranslator<String,Boolean> BOOLEAN

Turns a Boolean into a String and back.

DOUBLE

public static final TypeTranslator<String,Double> DOUBLE

Turns a Double into a String and back.

BYTEARRAY_TO_BASE64

public static final TypeTranslator<byte[],String> BYTEARRAY_TO_BASE64

byte[] to String translator via base64 encoding.

BASE64_TO_BYTEARRAY

public static final TypeTranslator<String,byte[]> BASE64_TO_BYTEARRAY

String to byte[] translator via base64 encoding.

Constructor Details

TypeTranslators

public TypeTranslators()

Method Details

createTypeTranslator

public static TypeTranslator<?,?> createTypeTranslator(ClassLoader loader,
 String className)

Convenience method for creating (custom) type translator instances.

Parameters:

loader - the class loader to load the class with

className - the name of the type translator class (must provide a no-argument constructor)

Returns:

the type translator instance (or null if the translator cannot be found/initialized)

createSerializer

public static Serializer<?> createSerializer(ClassLoader loader,
 String className)

Convenience method for creating (custom) serializer instances.

Parameters:

loader - the class loader to load the class with

className - the name of the type serializer class (must provide a no-argument constructor)

Returns:

the type serializer instance (or null if the serializer cannot be found/initialized)