package be.nikiroo.utils.serial;
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.io.NotSerializableException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
- * Small class to help serialise/deserialise objects.
+ * Small class to help with serialisation.
* <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.
static {
customTypes = new HashMap<String, CustomSerializer>();
- // TODO: add "default" custom serialisers
+ // TODO: add "default" custom serialisers if any (Bitmap?)
}
-
+
/**
* Create an empty object of the given type.
*
*
* @return the new object
*
- * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the given class is not compatible with this code
- * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be found or created
+ * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+ * if the class cannot be found
+ * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+ * if the given class is not compatible with this code
*/
- public static Object createObject(String type) throws NoSuchMethodException,
- ClassNotFoundException {
+ public static Object createObject(String type)
+ throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException {
try {
Class<?> clazz = getClass(type);
- if (clazz == null) {
- throw new ClassNotFoundException("Class not found: " + type);
- }
-
String className = clazz.getName();
Object[] args = null;
Constructor<?> ctor = null;
ctor.setAccessible(true);
return ctor.newInstance(args);
+ } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+ throw e;
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
- throw new NoSuchMethodException(
- String.format(
- "Objects of type \"%s\" cannot be created by this code: maybe the class"
- + " or its enclosing class doesn't have an empty constructor?",
- type));
-
+ throw e;
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ throw new NoSuchMethodException("Cannot instantiate: " + type);
}
- catch (SecurityException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot instantiate: " + type, e); }
- catch (InstantiationException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot instantiate: " + type, e); }
- catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot instantiate: " + type, e); }
- catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot instantiate: " + type, e); }
- catch (InvocationTargetException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot instantiate: " + type, e); }
}
+ /**
+ * Insert a custom serialiser that will take precedence over the default one
+ * or the target class.
+ *
+ * @param serializer
+ * the custom serialiser
+ */
static public void addCustomSerializer(CustomSerializer serializer) {
customTypes.put(serializer.getType(), serializer);
}
+ /**
+ * Serialise the given object into this {@link StringBuilder}.
+ * <p>
+ * <b>Important: </b>If the operation fails (with a
+ * {@link NotSerializableException}), the {@link StringBuilder} will be
+ * corrupted (will contain bad, most probably not importable data).
+ *
+ * @param builder
+ * the output {@link StringBuilder} to serialise to
+ * @param o
+ * the object to serialise
+ * @param map
+ * the map of already serialised objects (if the given object or
+ * one of its descendant is already present in it, only an ID
+ * will be serialised)
+ *
+ * @throws NotSerializableException
+ * if the object cannot be serialised (in this case, the
+ * {@link StringBuilder} can contain bad, most probably not
+ * importable data)
+ */
static void append(StringBuilder builder, Object o, Map<Integer, Object> map)
throws NotSerializableException {
return Integer.parseInt(encodedValue);
}
}
-
- static private Class<?> getClass(String type) throws ClassNotFoundException,
- NoSuchMethodException {
+
+ /**
+ * Return the corresponding class or throw an {@link Exception} if it
+ * cannot.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * the class name to look for
+ *
+ * @return the class (will never be NULL)
+ *
+ * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+ * if the class cannot be found
+ * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+ * if the class cannot be created (usually because it or its
+ * enclosing class doesn't have an empty constructor)
+ */
+ static private Class<?> getClass(String type)
+ throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException {
Class<?> clazz = null;
try {
clazz = Class.forName(type);
}
}
+ if (clazz == null) {
+ throw new ClassNotFoundException("Class not found: " + type);
+ }
+
return clazz;
}
-
+
// aa bb -> "aa\tbb"
private static void encodeString(StringBuilder builder, String raw) {
builder.append('\"');