JsonObjectMapperWriter.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.tools.rumen;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonEncoding;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;

/**
 * Simple wrapper around {@link JsonGenerator} to write objects in JSON format.
 * @param <T> The type of the objects to be written.
 */
public class JsonObjectMapperWriter<T> implements Closeable {
  private JsonGenerator writer;
  
  public JsonObjectMapperWriter(OutputStream output, boolean prettyPrint) throws IOException {
    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    mapper.configure(
        SerializationConfig.Feature.CAN_OVERRIDE_ACCESS_MODIFIERS, true);
    mapper.getJsonFactory();
    writer = mapper.getJsonFactory().createJsonGenerator(
        output, JsonEncoding.UTF8);
    if (prettyPrint) {
      writer.useDefaultPrettyPrinter();
    }
  }
  
  public void write(T object) throws IOException {
    writer.writeObject(object);
  }
  
  @Override
  public void close() throws IOException {
    writer.close();
  }
}