ca.uqac.lif.azrael

Interface PrintHandler<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type to which objects are serialized

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayPrintHandler, BooleanPrintHandler, BooleanPrintHandler, BooleanPrintHandler, ClonePrintHandler, CollectionPrintHandler, IdentityPrintHandler, JsonPrintHandler, ListPrintHandler, ListPrintHandler, MapPrintHandler, MapPrintHandler, NullPrintHandler, NullPrintHandler, NumberPrintHandler, NumberPrintHandler, NumberPrintHandler, PrintablePrintHandler, QueuePrintHandler, RawPrintHandler, ReferencePrintHandler, ReflectionPrintHandler, SetPrintHandler, SizeReflectionHandler, StringPrintHandler, StringPrintHandler, StringPrintHandler, XmlPrintHandler

public interface PrintHandler<T>

An interface that takes care of printing a specific type of object.

Author:

Sylvain Hallé

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canHandle(java.lang.Object o) Indicates whether this handler can take care of printing a particular object.
T	handle(java.lang.Object o) Prints an object
void	reset() Resets the internal state of the handler

Method Detail

canHandle

boolean canHandle(java.lang.Object o)

Indicates whether this handler can take care of printing a particular object.

Parameters:

o - The object

Returns:

true if this handler can print this object, false otherwise

handle

T handle(java.lang.Object o)
  throws PrintException

Prints an object

Parameters:

o - The object to be printed

Returns:

The printed object

Throws:

PrintException - Thrown if the object cannot be printed

reset

void reset()

Resets the internal state of the handler