Package cz.cvut.kbss.jsonld.deserialization.reference

Interface PendingReference

All Known Implementing Classes:
CollectionPendingReference, SingularPendingReference
public interface PendingReference
Represents a pending reference.

A pending reference represents a situation when the JSON-LD contains just an object with and @id, while the mapped attribute expects a full-blown object. In this case, it is expected that somewhere in the JSON-LD, there is the object's full serialization and this is only a reference to it.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    apply(Object referencedObject)
    Applies the specified referenced object to this pending reference, resolving it.
    default Optional<Class<?>>
    getTargetType()
    Gets the target type of the pending reference.

  • Method Details

    • apply

      void apply(Object referencedObject)
      Applies the specified referenced object to this pending reference, resolving it.

      Resolving the reference basically means inserting the referenced object into the place represented by this instance (e.g., field value, collection).

      Parameters:
      referencedObject - The object referenced by this pending reference

    • getTargetType

      default Optional<Class<?>> getTargetType()
      Gets the target type of the pending reference.

      If the target type cannot be reliably determined (for instance, because it is a collection), this method should return Optional.empty().

      Returns:
      The target type