BaseMapTypeAdapter.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2011 Google Inc.
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package com.smartandroid.sa.json;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Captures all the common/shared logic between the old, ({@link MapTypeAdapter}
 * , and the new, {@link MapAsArrayTypeAdapter}, map type adapters.
 * 
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
abstract class BaseMapTypeAdapter implements JsonSerializer<Map<?, ?>>,
		JsonDeserializer<Map<?, ?>> {

	protected static final JsonElement serialize(
			JsonSerializationContext context, Object src, Type srcType) {
		return context.serialize(src, srcType, false, false);
	}

	protected static final Map<Object, Object> constructMapType(Type mapType,
			JsonDeserializationContext context) {
		return context.construct(mapType);
	}
}