/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2012 BetaCONCEPT Limited
*
* This file is part of Astroboa.
*
* Astroboa 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 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Astroboa 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.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Astroboa. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.betaconceptframework.astroboa.serializer;
import java.io.StringWriter;
/**
* @author Gregory Chomatas (gchomatas@betaconcept.com)
* @author Savvas Triantafyllou (striantafyllou@betaconcept.com)
*
*/
public abstract class AbstractSerializer {
private StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
private boolean jsonOutput = true;
private Serializer internalSerializer;
public AbstractSerializer(boolean prettyPrint, boolean jsonOutput) {
this.jsonOutput = jsonOutput;
if (jsonOutput){
internalSerializer = new JsonSerializer(writer, prettyPrint);
}
else{
internalSerializer = new XmlSerializer(writer, prettyPrint);
}
}
public void endArray(String name){
internalSerializer.endArray(name);
}
public void startArray(String name) {
internalSerializer.startArray(name);
}
public void endElement(String name, boolean closeStartTag, boolean createCloseTag) {
internalSerializer.endElement(name, closeStartTag, createCloseTag);
}
public void writeContent(String content, boolean escape){
internalSerializer.writeContent(content, escape);
}
public void writeAttribute(String name, String value){
internalSerializer.writeAttribute(name, value);
}
public void startElement(String name, boolean elementHasAttributes, boolean writeName) {
internalSerializer.startElement(name, elementHasAttributes, writeName);
}
public String serialize() {
return internalSerializer.serialize();
}
public boolean outputIsJSON(){
return jsonOutput;
}
public boolean prettyPrintEnabled(){
return internalSerializer.prettyPrintEnabled();
}
public String getCurrentValue(){
return internalSerializer.getCurrentValue();
}
}