* <p>
* Note that we do not support inner classes (but we do support nested classes)
* and all objects require an empty constructor to be deserialised.
+ * <p>
+ * It is possible to add support to custom types (both the encoder and the
+ * decoder will require the custom classes) -- see {@link CustomSerializer}.
+ * <p>
+ * Default supported types are:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>NULL (as a null value)</li>
+ * <li>String</li>
+ * <li>Boolean</li>
+ * <li>Byte</li>
+ * <li>Character</li>
+ * <li>Short</li>
+ * <li>Long</li>
+ * <li>Float</li>
+ * <li>Double</li>
+ * <li>Integer</li>
+ * <li>Enum (any enum whose name and value is known by the caller)</li>
+ * <li>java.awt.image.BufferedImage (as a {@link CustomSerializer})</li>
+ * <li>An array of the above (as a {@link CustomSerializer})</li>
+ * </ul>
*
* @author niki
*/
builder.append("\n}");
}
- // return true if encoded (supported)
+ /**
+ * Encode the object into the given builder if possible (if supported).
+ *
+ * @param builder
+ * the builder to append to
+ * @param value
+ * the object to encode (can be NULL, which will be encoded)
+ *
+ * @return TRUE if success, FALSE if not (the content of the builder won't
+ * be changed in case of failure)
+ */
static boolean encode(StringBuilder builder, Object value) {
if (value == null) {
builder.append("NULL");
} else if (value.getClass().getCanonicalName().endsWith("[]")) {
- customTypes.get("[]").encode(builder, value);
+ return customTypes.get("[]").encode(builder, value);
} else if (customTypes.containsKey(value.getClass().getCanonicalName())) {
- customTypes.get(value.getClass().getCanonicalName())//
+ return customTypes.get(value.getClass().getCanonicalName())//
.encode(builder, value);
} else if (value instanceof String) {
encodeString(builder, (String) value);
return true;
}
+ /**
+ * Decode the data into an equivalent source object.
+ *
+ * @param encodedValue
+ * the encoded data, cannot be NULL
+ *
+ * @return the object (can be NULL for NULL encoded values)
+ *
+ * @throws UnknownFormatConversionException
+ * if the content cannot be converted
+ */
static Object decode(String encodedValue) {
String cut = "";
if (encodedValue.length() > 1) {
cut = encodedValue.substring(0, encodedValue.length() - 1);
}
- if (CustomSerializer.isCustom(encodedValue)) {
- // custom:TYPE_NAME:"content is String-encoded"
- String type = CustomSerializer.typeOf(encodedValue);
- if (customTypes.containsKey(type)) {
- return customTypes.get(type).decode(encodedValue);
+ try {
+ if (CustomSerializer.isCustom(encodedValue)) {
+ // custom:TYPE_NAME:"content is String-encoded"
+ String type = CustomSerializer.typeOf(encodedValue);
+ if (customTypes.containsKey(type)) {
+ return customTypes.get(type).decode(encodedValue);
+ }
+ throw new UnknownFormatConversionException(
+ "Unknown custom type: " + type);
+ } else if (encodedValue.equals("NULL")
+ || encodedValue.equals("null")) {
+ return null;
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("\"")) {
+ return decodeString(encodedValue);
+ } else if (encodedValue.equals("true")) {
+ return true;
+ } else if (encodedValue.equals("false")) {
+ return false;
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("b")) {
+ return Byte.parseByte(cut);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("c")) {
+ return decodeString(cut).charAt(0);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("s")) {
+ return Short.parseShort(cut);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("L")) {
+ return Long.parseLong(cut);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("F")) {
+ return Float.parseFloat(cut);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("d")) {
+ return Double.parseDouble(cut);
+ } else if (encodedValue.endsWith(";")) {
+ return decodeEnum(encodedValue);
+ } else {
+ return Integer.parseInt(encodedValue);
}
- throw new UnknownFormatConversionException("Unknown custom type: "
- + type);
- } else if (encodedValue.equals("NULL") || encodedValue.equals("null")) {
- return null;
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("\"")) {
- return decodeString(encodedValue);
- } else if (encodedValue.equals("true")) {
- return true;
- } else if (encodedValue.equals("false")) {
- return false;
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("b")) {
- return Byte.parseByte(cut);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("c")) {
- return decodeString(cut).charAt(0);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("s")) {
- return Short.parseShort(cut);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("L")) {
- return Long.parseLong(cut);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("F")) {
- return Float.parseFloat(cut);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith("d")) {
- return Double.parseDouble(cut);
- } else if (encodedValue.endsWith(";")) {
- return decodeEnum(encodedValue);
- } else {
- return Integer.parseInt(encodedValue);
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ if (e instanceof UnknownFormatConversionException) {
+ throw (UnknownFormatConversionException) e;
+ }
+ throw new UnknownFormatConversionException(e.getMessage());
}
}
try {
return Enum.valueOf((Class<Enum>) getClass(type), name);
} catch (Exception e) {
- e.printStackTrace();
throw new UnknownFormatConversionException("Unknown enum: <" + type
+ "> " + name);
}