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 * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.onosproject.codec;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Abstraction of a codec capable for encoding/decoding arbitrary objects to/from JSON.
 */
public abstract class JsonCodec<T> {

    /**
     * Encodes the specified entity into JSON.
     *
     * @param entity  entity to encode
     * @param context encoding context
     * @return JSON node
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not
     *                                                 support encode operations
     */
    public ObjectNode encode(T entity, CodecContext context) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("encode() not supported");
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the specified entity from JSON.
     *
     * @param json    JSON to decode
     * @param context decoding context
     * @return decoded entity
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not
     *                                                 support decode operations
     */
    public T decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("decode() not supported");
    }

    /**
     * Encodes the collection of the specified entities.
     *
     * @param entities collection of entities to encode
     * @param context  encoding context
     * @return JSON array
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not
     *                                                 support encode operations
     */
    public ArrayNode encode(Iterable<T> entities, CodecContext context) {
        ArrayNode result = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
        for (T entity : entities) {
            result.add(encode(entity, context));
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the specified JSON array into a collection of entities.
     *
     * @param json    JSON array to decode
     * @param context decoding context
     * @return collection of decoded entities
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not
     *                                                 support decode operations
     */
    public List<T> decode(ArrayNode json, CodecContext context) {
        List<T> result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (JsonNode node : json) {
            result.add(decode((ObjectNode) node, context));
        }
        return result;
    }

}