ca.uqac.lif.azrael

Class ReflectionPrintHandler<T>

java.lang.Object

ca.uqac.lif.azrael.ReflectionPrintHandler<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type to which objects are serialized

All Implemented Interfaces:

PrintHandler<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

SizeReflectionHandler

public class ReflectionPrintHandler<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements PrintHandler<T>

Print handler that uses reflection to serialize the fields of an object.

Author:

Sylvain Hallé

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	m_ignoreTransient Whether the fields marked as transient should be ignored
protected ObjectPrinter<T>	m_printer The internal object printer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReflectionPrintHandler(ObjectPrinter<T> p) Creates a new reflection print handler

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.
protected T	encapsulateFields(java.lang.Object o, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contents)
protected static java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field>	getAllFields(java.lang.Class<?> type)
protected static java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field>	getAllFields(java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field> fields, java.lang.Class<?> type)
protected static java.lang.reflect.Field	getFromAllFields(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class<?> type)
T	handle(java.lang.Object o) Prints an object
void	reset() Resets the internal state of the handler

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

m_printer

protected ObjectPrinter<T> m_printer

The internal object printer

m_ignoreTransient

protected boolean m_ignoreTransient

Whether the fields marked as transient should be ignored

Constructor Detail

ReflectionPrintHandler

public ReflectionPrintHandler(ObjectPrinter<T> p)

Creates a new reflection print handler

Parameters:

p - The internal object printer

Method Detail

canHandle

public boolean canHandle(java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from interface: PrintHandler

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

Specified by:

canHandle in interface PrintHandler<T>

Parameters:

o - The object

Returns:

true if this handler can print this object, false otherwise

handle

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

Description copied from interface: PrintHandler

Prints an object

Specified by:

handle in interface PrintHandler<T>

Parameters:

o - The object to be printed

Returns:

The printed object

Throws:

PrintException - Thrown if the object cannot be printed

encapsulateFields

protected T encapsulateFields(java.lang.Object o,
                              java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contents)
                       throws PrintException

Throws:

PrintException

getAllFields

protected static java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field> getAllFields(java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field> fields,
                                                                      java.lang.Class<?> type)

getAllFields

protected static java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Field> getAllFields(java.lang.Class<?> type)

getFromAllFields

protected static java.lang.reflect.Field getFromAllFields(java.lang.String name,
                                                          java.lang.Class<?> type)
                                                   throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

reset

public void reset()

Description copied from interface: PrintHandler

Resets the internal state of the handler

Specified by:

reset in interface PrintHandler<T>