JSONDeserializer.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 */

package com.liferay.portal.kernel.json;

/**
 * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
 */
public interface JSONDeserializer<T> {

	public T deserialize(String input);

	public T deserialize(String input, Class<T> targetType);

	public <K, V> JSONDeserializer<T> transform(
		JSONDeserializerTransformer<K, V> jsonDeserializerTransformer,
		String field);

	public JSONDeserializer<T> use(String path, Class<?> clazz);

}