Package net.sodacan.core.serialize.gson

Class GsonSerializer

java.lang.Object

net.sodacan.core.serialize.gson.GsonSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

public class GsonSerializer
extends Object
implements Serializer

Serialize and deserialize Actors and Messages to Json using Google's Gson. We instantiate a pool of Gson instances during configuration so that the methods here can be called safely from any thread/actor.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	GsonSerializer.ActorSave

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected ActorId	actorId
protected ActorMetadata	actorMetadata
protected GsonSerializerFactory	factory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GsonSerializer(GsonSerializerFactory factory, ActorId actorId, ActorMetadata actorMetadata)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Message	deserialize(byte[] source)	Deserialize a byte array into a new Message.
void	deserialize(byte[] source, Actor actor)	To deserialize an Actor requires two steps.
Object	deserializeField(byte[] source, Class<?> fieldClass)	Deserialize the @Save fields of an Actor into an existing actor.
byte[]	serialize(Actor actor)	We are asked to serialize the fields of an actor, rather than the Actor as a whole.
byte[]	serialize(Message message)	Serialize a Message to a byte array
byte[]	serializeField(Object fieldValue)	Serialize a field rather than a whole actor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

factory

protected GsonSerializerFactory factory

actorMetadata

protected ActorMetadata actorMetadata

actorId

protected ActorId actorId

Constructor Details

GsonSerializer

public GsonSerializer(GsonSerializerFactory factory,
 ActorId actorId,
 ActorMetadata actorMetadata)

Method Details

serializeField

public byte[] serializeField(Object fieldValue)

Serialize a field rather than a whole actor

Specified by:

serializeField in interface Serializer

Parameters:

fieldValue -

Returns:

Byte array

deserializeField

public Object deserializeField(byte[] source,
 Class<?> fieldClass)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Deserialize the @Save fields of an Actor into an existing actor.

Specified by:

deserializeField in interface Serializer

Parameters:

source -

fieldClass - Class of the field that we're returning

Returns:

An object containing the field value

serialize

public byte[] serialize(Actor actor)

We are asked to serialize the fields of an actor, rather than the Actor as a whole. We serialize it as a map which is, in turn, taken care of in the MapAdapter

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

actor -

Returns:

deserialize

public void deserialize(byte[] source,
 Actor actor)

To deserialize an Actor requires two steps. First, deserialize a Map of the Actor's field values. Then populate the Actor's @Save fields from the deserialized Map.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

source -

actor -

serialize

public byte[] serialize(Message message)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Serialize a Message to a byte array

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

message -

Returns:

deserialize

public Message deserialize(byte[] source)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Deserialize a byte array into a new Message.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

source -

Returns:

A newly constructed Message