Class NullObjectTypeReferenceHandler

    • Constructor Detail

      • NullObjectTypeReferenceHandler

        public NullObjectTypeReferenceHandler()
    • Method Detail

      • writeReference

        public Optional<String> writeReference​(ObjectType type,
                                               com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter writer)
        Uses the writer to write a reference to the given type.

        This method returns the written reference, so that it can be used as an id to deserialize. However, some implementations might be unable to handle some specific types, which is why the reference might be Optional.empty().

        In such case, it's the invoker responsibility to either attempt using a different implementation of this contract or to just treat the type explicitly instead of through a reference.

        Specified by:
        writeReference in interface ObjectTypeReferenceHandler
        Parameters:
        type - the type to write
        writer - a JsonWriter
        Returns:
        the reference that was written or Optional.empty()