1 /**
2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 2011 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
4 *
5 * ====================================================================
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16 * limitations under the License.
17 * ====================================================================
18 */
19 package org.jclouds.json;
20
21 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
22
23 /**
24 * @author Adrian Cole
25 */
26 public interface Json {
27 /**
28 * Serialize the object into json. If the object is a generic type, use
29 * {@link #toJson(Object, Type)}
30 */
31 String toJson(Object src);
32
33 /**
34 * Serialize the generic object into json. If the object is not a generic, use
35 * {@link #toJson(Object, Type)}
36 */
37 String toJson(Object src, Type type);
38
39 /**
40 * Deserialize the generic object from json. If the object is not a generic type, use
41 * {@link #fromJson(Object, Class)}
42 */
43 <T> T fromJson(String json, Type type);
44
45 /**
46 * Deserialize the object from json. If the object is a generic type, use
47 * {@link #fromJson(Object, Type)}
48 */
49 <T> T fromJson(String json, Class<T> classOfT);
50
51 }