com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.serde

Interface ValueSerializerProvider<V,R>

Type Parameters:

V - type of the config values to serialize

R - resulting type of the deserialization of these values

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface ValueSerializerProvider<V,R>

Provides ValueSerializer to serialize configuration values.

The provide(Class, SerializerContext) method returns null when it cannot provide a serializer for the given value type. In that case, other providers will be called, until a suitable serializer is found or all the providers have been tried.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValueSerializer<V,R>	provide(java.lang.Class<?> valueClass, SerializerContext ctx) Provides a serializer for a value of class valueClass.

Method Detail

provide

ValueSerializer<V,R> provide(java.lang.Class<?> valueClass,
                             SerializerContext ctx)

Provides a serializer for a value of class valueClass. The returned serializer must be able to handle a value of this type.

Parameters:

valueClass - class of the config values to serialize

Returns:

a serializer, or null to try the next provider

See Also:

ValueSerializerProvider