1 /*
2 * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16
17 package net.sf.json.processors;
18
19 import net.sf.json.JSONException;
20 import net.sf.json.JsonConfig;
21
22 /**
23 * Base interface for custom serialization per property.
24 *
25 * @author Andres Almiray <aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net>
26 */
27 public interface JsonValueProcessor {
28 /**
29 * Processes the value an returns a suitable JSON value.
30 *
31 * @param value the input value
32 * @return a valid JSON value that represents the input value
33 * @throws JSONException if an error occurs during transformation
34 */
35 Object processArrayValue( Object value, JsonConfig jsonConfig );
36
37 /**
38 * Processes the value an returns a suitable JSON value.
39 *
40 * @param key the name of the property
41 * @param value the value of the property
42 * @return a valid JSON value that represents the input property
43 * @throws JSONException if an error occurs during transformation
44 */
45 Object processObjectValue( String key, Object value, JsonConfig jsonConfig );
46 }