JsonUtils.java

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package org.moneta.utils;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
import org.moneta.error.MonetaException;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

/**
 * Generic Json utilities
 * @author D. Ashmore
 *
 */
public class JsonUtils {
	
	/**
	 * Will convert the given object to Json format.
	 * @param jsonObject
	 * @return jsonText
	 */
	public static String serialize(Object jsonObject) {
		Validate.notNull(jsonObject, "Null object cannot be converted to Json");
		
		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
		try {
			return mapper.writeValueAsString(jsonObject);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			throw new MonetaException("Error converting object to Json", e)
			.addContextValue("object", jsonObject); 
		} 
	}

}