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 and Description
static TypeTranslator<String,Boolean>	BOOLEAN Turns a Boolean into a String and back.
static TypeTranslator<String,Double>	DOUBLE Turns a Double into a String and back.
static TypeTranslator<String,Integer>	INTEGER Turns an Integer into a String and back.
static TypeTranslator<String,String>	JSON_STRING Turns a string into a quoted string and back.
static TypeTranslator<String,Long>	LONG Turns a Long into a String and back.
static TypeTranslator<String,String>	STRING Identity transformation for strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeTranslators()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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 Detail

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.

Constructor Detail

TypeTranslators

public TypeTranslators()

Method Detail

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)