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/** * Copyright 2015 The Javaslang Authors * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package javaslang.jackson.datatype.serialize; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer; import javaslang.control.Either; import java.io.IOException; class EitherSerializer extends StdSerializer<Either<?, ?>> { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private final JavaType type; EitherSerializer(JavaType type) { super(type); this.type = type; } @Override public void serialize(Either<?, ?> value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException { gen.writeStartArray(); if (value.isLeft()) { gen.writeString("left"); write(value.left().get(), 0, gen, provider); } else { gen.writeString("right"); write(value.right().get(), 1, gen, provider); } gen.writeEndArray(); } private void write(Object val, int containedTypeIndex, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException { if (val != null) { if (type.containedTypeCount() > containedTypeIndex) { JsonSerializer<Object> ser; JavaType containedType = type.containedType(containedTypeIndex); if (containedType.getRawClass() != Object.class) { ser = provider.findTypedValueSerializer(type.containedType(containedTypeIndex), true, null); } else { ser = provider.findTypedValueSerializer(val.getClass(), true, null); } ser.serialize(val, gen, provider); } else { gen.writeObject(val); } } else { gen.writeNull(); } } }