Package de.exlll.configlib

Class Serializers

java.lang.Object

de.exlll.configlib.Serializers

public final class Serializers
extends Object

Class that contains static factory methods for the creation of Serializers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Serializer<T,Map<?,?>>	newConfigurationTypeSerializer(Class<T> configurationType, ConfigurationProperties properties)	Creates a new serializer that converts instances of the given configuration type to Maps of valid target types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

newConfigurationTypeSerializer

public static <T> Serializer<T,Map<?,?>> newConfigurationTypeSerializer(Class<T> configurationType,
 ConfigurationProperties properties)

Creates a new serializer that converts instances of the given configuration type to Maps of valid target types.

The serializer returned by this method respects most configuration properties of the given properties object. The following properties are ignored:

• All properties of subclasses of the configuration properties object
• Properties affecting environment variable resolution

Type Parameters:

T - the configuration type

Parameters:

configurationType - the type of configurations the newly created serializer can convert

properties - the configuration properties the serializer will use

Returns:

newly created serializer

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any argument is null

ConfigurationException - if type is not a configuration type