core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/CodecContext.java

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package org.onosproject.codec;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

/**
 * Context for codecs to use while encoding/decoding.
 */
public interface CodecContext {

    /**
     * Returns the JSON object mapper.
     *
     * @return object mapper
     */
    ObjectMapper mapper();

    /**
     * Returns the JSON codec for the specified entity class.
     *
     * @param entityClass entity class
     * @param <T>         entity type
     * @return JSON codec; null if no codec available for the class
     */
    <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass);

    /**
     * Returns reference to the specified service implementation.
     *
     * @param serviceClass service class
     * @param <T>          service type
     * @return JSON codec; null if no codec available for the class
     */
    <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceClass);

    /**
     * Decodes the specified entity from JSON using codec
     * registered to this context.
     *
     * @param json    JSON to decode
     * @param entityClass entity class
     * @return decoded entity
     */
    default <T> T decode(JsonNode json, Class<T> entityClass) {
        checkArgument(json.isObject());
        return codec(entityClass).decode((ObjectNode) json, this);
    }

    /**
     * Encodes the specified entity into JSON using codec
     * registered to this context.
     *
     * @param entity  entity to encode
     * @param entityClass entity class
     * @return JSON node
     */
    default <T> ObjectNode encode(T entity, Class<T> entityClass) {
        return codec(entityClass).encode(entity, this);
    }

}