DataConverter.java

package squidpony;

import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonWriter;
import squidpony.store.json.JsonConverter;

/**
 * Augmented version of LibGDX's Json class that knows how to handle various data types common in SquidLib.
 * This includes OrderedMap, which notably allows non-String keys (LibGDX's default Map serializer requires keys to be
 * Strings), but does not currently allow the IHasher to be set (which only should affect OrderedMaps with array keys).
 * It also makes significantly shorter serialized output for 2D char arrays, GreasedRegion and FakeLanguageGen objects,
 * and various collections (IntDoubleOrderedMap, IntVLA, Arrangement, K2, and K2V1 at least).
 * Created by Tommy Ettinger on 1/9/2017.
 */
public class DataConverter extends JsonConverter {
    /**
     * Creates a new DataConverter using "minimal" output type, so it omits double quotes whenever possible but gives
     * up compatibility with most other JSON readers. Give the constructor
     * {@link com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonWriter.OutputType#json} if you need full compatibility.
     */
    public DataConverter() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new DataConverter with the given OutputType; typically minimal is fine, but compatibility may require
     * you to use json; the javascript type is a sort of middle ground.
     * @param outputType a JsonWriter.OutputType enum value that determines what syntax can be omitted from the output
     */
    public DataConverter(JsonWriter.OutputType outputType) {
        super(outputType);
    }
}