Package: FieldSerializer

FieldSerializer

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1: /**
2: * Copyright (C) 2020 Czech Technical University in Prague
3: *
4: * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5: * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
6: * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
7: * later version.
8: *
9: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10: * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11: * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
12: * details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13: * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
14: */
15: package cz.cvut.kbss.jsonld.serialization;
16:
17: import cz.cvut.kbss.jsonld.serialization.model.JsonNode;
18:
19: import java.lang.reflect.Field;
20: import java.util.List;
21:
22: /**
23: * Serializes field value.
24: */
25: interface FieldSerializer {
26:
27: /**
28: * Serializes the specified field, returning a list of JSON-LD nodes representing it.
29: * <p>
30: * The result is a list because maps (e.g. {@link cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.annotations.Properties}) cannot be
31: * serialized as a single attribute.
32: *
33: * @param field The field to serialize
34: * @param value Value of the field
35: * @return Serialization result
36: */
37: List<JsonNode> serializeField(Field field, Object value);
38: }